Iowa Community Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate

North Iowa Area Community College has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 61% last year.

Southwestern Community College with 59% and Northwest Iowa Community College with 58% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Iowa Community Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 500 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $7,435 and graduate tuition & fees is - for the academic year 2024-2025.

Table. Iowa Community Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	North Iowa Area Community College Mason City, IAPublic, 2-4 year	61.00% 6.00%	$9,551 ($6,653)	-	-	-	2,662	23 to 1
2 1	Southwestern Community College Creston, IAPublic, 2-4 year	59.00% 7.00%	$8,316 ($8,064)	-	-	-	1,566	14 to 1
3 2	Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, IAPublic, 2-4 year	58.00% 3.00%	$7,650 ($7,350)	-	-	-	1,907	16 to 1
4 -	Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar, IAPublic, 2-4 year	51.00% 4.00%	$7,770 ($6,780)	-	-	-	4,808	15 to 1
5 11	Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville, IAPublic, 2-4 year	50.00% 25.00%	$7,872 ($7,392)	-	-	-	1,945	13 to 1
5 3	Western Iowa Tech Community College Sioux City, IAPublic, 2-4 year	50.00% 10.00%	$5,330 ($5,186)	-	-	-	5,482	14 to 1
7 6	Eastern Iowa Community College District Davenport, IAPublic, 2-4 year	45.00% 11.00%	$6,456 ($4,848)	-	-	-	7,426	20 to 1
8 7	Hawkeye Community College Waterloo, IAPublic, 2-4 year	43.00% 12.00%	$6,612 ($6,525)	-	-	-	5,120	13 to 1
8 -	Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IAPublic, 2-4 year	43.00% 3.00%	$8,220 ($6,176)	-	-	-	12,763	20 to 1
8 3	Southeastern Community College West Burlington, IAPublic, 2-4 year	43.00% -	$6,570 ($6,420)	-	-	-	3,028	14 to 1
	Average	50.30%	$7,435 ($6,539)	-	-	-	4,671	16 to 1

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