The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Iowa Colleges is 23.43% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Maharishi International University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 54.55% and Grinnell College (40.61%) and Dordt University (34.31%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Iowa Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Most Favored Iowa Colleges

Maharishi International University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 54.55% and Grinnell College has the second highest yield of 40.61%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $34,392 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,118 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.58% and the average SAT score is 1,201 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 63.20% and the students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Most Favored Iowa Colleges.

Table. Most Favored Iowa Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year 54.55%
14.54%
94.29%-$16,5302,67350.00%13 to 1
2
1
Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year 40.61%
1.90%
10.76%1,480$64,8621,75988.00%9 to 1
3
2
Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year 34.31%
3.36%
87.67%1,150$35,9601,86167.00%14 to 1
4
-
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year 32.92%
5.01%
94.95%1,150$21,272
($9,728)
8,94563.00%17 to 1
5
2
Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year 29.84%
2.30%
87.33%-$35,3001,65162.00%15 to 1
6
-
Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year 28.96%
0.08%
90.22%1,220$27,683
($10,497)
29,96974.00%18 to 1
7
1
Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year 28.35%
3.51%
54.23%970$19,0003,07242.00%13 to 1
8
2
Luther College Decorah, IAPrivate, 4-year 24.27%
0.88%
75.32%1,205$50,3201,61074.00%11 to 1
9
3
University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year 23.68%
0.67%
85.05%-$40,0651,77639.00%9 to 1
10
1
University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year 23.40%
0.02%
86.00%1,230$32,927
($10,964)
30,01573.00%16 to 1
Average32.09%76.58%1,201$34,392
($10,396)
8,33363.20%14 to 1