Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Iowa Colleges to Get In is 77.73% for the academic year 2024-2025.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,854 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,465 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year | 99.09% 0.71% | 20.88% | - | $34,762 | 1,856 | 54.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 2 3 | Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year | 96.46% 3.08% | 33.94% | - | $19,475 | 3,941 | 34.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 3 - | Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year | 95.70% 1.20% | 75.28% | - | $16,530 | 2,592 | 50.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year | 92.74% 1.66% | 31.10% | 1,170 | $21,712 ($9,936) | 9,278 | 68.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year | 88.66% 0.47% | 28.84% | 1,250 | $28,881 ($10,787) | 30,380 | 75.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 6 2 | University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year | 88.63% 1.71% | 23.31% | 1,090 | $42,095 | 1,757 | 40.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 7 5 | Central College Pella, IAPrivate, 4-year | 86.17% 7.20% | 21.02% | 1,100 | $20,988 | 1,084 | 66.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 1 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year | 83.62% 1.05% | 22.43% | 1,230 | $33,371 ($11,283) | 30,779 | 75.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 4 | Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IAPrivate, 4-year | 82.52% 3.76% | 27.94% | - | $40,878 | 1,417 | 58.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 10 - | Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IAPrivate, 4-year | 80.83% 2.39% | 15.53% | - | $19,848 | 1,102 | 42.00% | 12 to 1 |
| Average | 89.44% | 30.03% | 1,168 | $27,854 ($10,669) | 8,419 | 56.20% | 15 to 1 |