Iowa Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Iowa State University 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 74% last year.

University of Iowa with 73% and University of Northern Iowa with 63% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Iowa Colleges having Highest Graduation Rate. Colleges having highest graduation rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Iowa Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Iowa State University has the highest graduation rate of 74% and University of Iowa has the second highest graduation rate of 73%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,294 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,006 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 90.39% and the average SAT score is 1,200 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 3 Iowa Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.

Table. Iowa Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Iowa State University Ames, IA Public, four-years	74.00% 2.05%	$27,683 ($10,497)	28.96%	90.22%	1,220	29,969	18 to 1
2 -	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Public, four-years	73.00% 0.72%	$32,927 ($10,964)	23.40%	86.00%	1,230	30,015	16 to 1
3 -	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA Public, four-years	63.00% 5.91%	$21,272 ($9,728)	32.92%	94.95%	1,150	8,945	17 to 1
	Average	70.00%	$27,294 ($10,396)	28.43%	90.39%	1,200	22,976	17 to 1

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