How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Iowa Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Iowa Public Colleges is 90.39%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate increased by 2.68%.

Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Iowa Public Colleges has increased by 5.73% from 84.67% to 90.39%. Of the 3 Iowa Public Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 2 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 1 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.

You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Iowa Public Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Iowa Public Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Iowa Public Colleges
School Name	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	5-Year Change
Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA	90.60%	92.05% 1.46%	88.42% 3.63%	91.12% 2.7%	90.22% 0.9%	0.37%
University of IowaIowa City, IA	82.67%	82.55% 0.12%	84.28% 1.73%	86.21% 1.93%	86.00% 0.2%	3.34%
University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, IA	80.74%	79.05% 1.69%	78.88% 0.17%	85.79% 6.91%	94.95% 9.16%	14.21%
Average	84.67%	84.55% 0.12%	83.86% 0.69%	87.71% 3.85%	90.39% 2.68%	5.73%

*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)

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