Iowa Private Colleges Student Population Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the total student population of Iowa Private Colleges is 51,155.
The proportion of undergraduate students is 76.13% (38,944 students) and graduate students's proportion is 23.87% (12,211 graduate students).
Drake University has the most students of 4,685 among Iowa Private Colleges. By gender, the male-female ratio at Iowa Private Colleges is 43.77% (22,390 male students) to 56.23% (28,765 female students).

Student Population Comparison between Iowa Private Colleges

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Iowa Private Colleges Student Population Comparison Table
School NameTotalUndergraduate GraduateMale StudentsFemale Students
Allen College Waterloo, IA497 278
(55.94%)
219
(44.06%)
57
(11.47%)
440
(88.53%)
American Hair Academy Mt. Pleasant, IA20 20
(100.00%)
- 1
(5.00%)
19
(95.00%)
Aveda Institute-Des Moines West Des Moines, IA180 180
(100.00%)
- 1
(0.56%)
179
(99.44%)
Body Wisdom Massage Therapy School Urbandale, IA43 43
(100.00%)
- 6
(13.95%)
37
(86.05%)
Briar Cliff University Sioux City, IA927 709
(76.48%)
218
(23.52%)
405
(43.69%)
522
(56.31%)
Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA1,973 1,474
(74.71%)
499
(25.29%)
600
(30.41%)
1,373
(69.59%)
Capri College-Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA142 142
(100.00%)
- 3
(2.11%)
139
(97.89%)
Capri College-Davenport Davenport, IA146 146
(100.00%)
- 10
(6.85%)
136
(93.15%)
Capri College-Dubuque Dubuque, IA175 175
(100.00%)
- 6
(3.43%)
169
(96.57%)
Carlson College of Massage Therapy Anamosa, IA32 32
(100.00%)
- 3
(9.38%)
29
(90.63%)
Central College Pella, IA1,169 1,169
(100.00%)
- 607
(51.92%)
562
(48.08%)
Clarke University Dubuque, IA965 785
(81.35%)
180
(18.65%)
489
(50.67%)
476
(49.33%)
Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA1,264 1,264
(100.00%)
- 554
(43.83%)
710
(56.17%)
Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA1,073 1,058
(98.60%)
15
(1.40%)
559
(52.10%)
514
(47.90%)
Divine Word College Epworth, IA68 68
(100.00%)
- 27
(39.71%)
41
(60.29%)
Dordt University Sioux Center, IA1,861 1,618
(86.94%)
243
(13.06%)
883
(47.45%)
978
(52.55%)
Drake University Des Moines, IA4,685 2,835
(60.51%)
1,850
(39.49%)
1,752
(37.40%)
2,933
(62.60%)
E Q School of Hair Design Council Bluffs, IA30 30
(100.00%)
- 2
(6.67%)
28
(93.33%)
Emmaus Bible College Dubuque, IA206 206
(100.00%)
- 92
(44.66%)
114
(55.34%)
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Ankeny, IA448 377
(84.15%)
71
(15.85%)
243
(54.24%)
205
(45.76%)
Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit Lake Spirit Lake, IA19 19
(100.00%)
- - 19
(100.00%)
Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IA1,237 885
(71.54%)
352
(28.46%)
562
(45.43%)
675
(54.57%)
Grand View University Des Moines, IA1,827 1,556
(85.17%)
271
(14.83%)
802
(43.90%)
1,025
(56.10%)
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA1,759 1,759
(100.00%)
- 835
(47.47%)
924
(52.53%)
Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines Des Moines, IA77 77
(100.00%)
- 3
(3.90%)
74
(96.10%)
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City Sioux City, IA13 13
(100.00%)
- - 13
(100.00%)
Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant, IA871 785
(90.13%)
86
(9.87%)
488
(56.03%)
383
(43.97%)
La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology Mason City, IA59 59
(100.00%)
- 4
(6.78%)
55
(93.22%)
La James International College-Cedar Falls Cedar Falls, IA39 39
(100.00%)
- 2
(5.13%)
37
(94.87%)
La James International College-Davenport Davenport, IA96 96
(100.00%)
- 3
(3.13%)
93
(96.88%)
La James International College-Ft Dodge Fort Dodge, IA21 21
(100.00%)
- - 21
(100.00%)
La James International College-Johnston Johnston, IA57 57
(100.00%)
- - 57
(100.00%)
Loras College Dubuque, IA1,319 1,227
(93.03%)
92
(6.97%)
731
(55.42%)
588
(44.58%)
Luther College Decorah, IA1,610 1,610
(100.00%)
- 727
(45.16%)
883
(54.84%)
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IA2,673 681
(25.48%)
1,992
(74.52%)
1,382
(51.70%)
1,291
(48.30%)
Mercy College of Health Sciences Des Moines, IA911 909
(99.78%)
2
(0.22%)
130
(14.27%)
781
(85.73%)
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology Cedar Rapids, IA22 22
(100.00%)
- 3
(13.64%)
19
(86.36%)
Morningside University Sioux City, IA2,249 1,186
(52.73%)
1,063
(47.27%)
782
(34.77%)
1,467
(65.23%)
Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IA1,526 1,271
(83.29%)
255
(16.71%)
542
(35.52%)
984
(64.48%)
Northwestern College Orange City, IA1,651 1,153
(69.84%)
498
(30.16%)
645
(39.07%)
1,006
(60.93%)
Orion Technical College Davenport, IA75 75
(100.00%)
- 32
(42.67%)
43
(57.33%)
Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport, IA2,178 32
(1.47%)
2,146
(98.53%)
1,235
(56.70%)
943
(43.30%)
PCI Academy-Ames Ames, IA126 126
(100.00%)
- 4
(3.17%)
122
(96.83%)
PCI Academy-Iowa City Iowa City, IA73 73
(100.00%)
- 5
(6.85%)
68
(93.15%)
Ross College-Davenport Davenport, IA28 28
(100.00%)
- - 28
(100.00%)
Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IA2,747 2,118
(77.10%)
629
(22.90%)
1,150
(41.86%)
1,597
(58.14%)
Simpson College Indianola, IA1,151 1,127
(97.91%)
24
(2.09%)
552
(47.96%)
599
(52.04%)
St Luke's College Sioux City, IA196 196
(100.00%)
- 16
(8.16%)
180
(91.84%)
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls Cedar Falls, IA94 94
(100.00%)
- 67
(71.28%)
27
(28.72%)
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic Technology Des Moines, IA19 19
(100.00%)
- 2
(10.53%)
17
(89.47%)
University of Dubuque Dubuque, IA1,776 1,444
(81.31%)
332
(18.69%)
988
(55.63%)
788
(44.37%)
Upper Iowa University Fayette, IA3,072 2,463
(80.18%)
609
(19.82%)
1,247
(40.59%)
1,825
(59.41%)
Waldorf University Forest City, IA2,763 2,295
(83.06%)
468
(16.94%)
1,703
(61.64%)
1,060
(38.36%)
Wartburg College Waverly, IA1,444 1,416
(98.06%)
28
(1.94%)
708
(49.03%)
736
(50.97%)
William Penn University Oskaloosa, IA1,473 1,404
(95.32%)
69
(4.68%)
740
(50.24%)
733
(49.76%)
Average930708
(76.13%)
488
(23.87%)
448
(43.77%)
523
(56.23%)
*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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