A total of 208,398 students are enrolled in Iowa colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
There are 180,820 undergraduate and 27,580 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 86.77% and the proportion of graduate students is 13.23%.
By school level, 119,909 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 86,961 students enrolled in community colleges, and 1,528 students enrolled in trade schools.
For Iowa colleges, University of Iowa has the most number of students of 30,779 among 4-year colleges. For Iowa community colleges, Des Moines Area Community College has the most students of 23,697 and Aveda Institute-Des Moines is the largest trade school with 244.
By attending status, there are 130,243 full-time students and 78,155 part-time students at Iowa colleges.
The following table compares student population by school level between Iowa colleges. A total of 208,398 students have enrolled in Iowa colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Full-time | Part-time | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||
| Allen CollegePrivate, 4-year | 483 | 261 | 216 | 45 | 222 | 161 | 61 |
| Briar Cliff UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 947 | 766 | 563 | 203 | 181 | 118 | 63 |
| Buena Vista UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,890 | 1,436 | 1,208 | 228 | 454 | 34 | 420 |
| Capri College-DubuquePrivate, Less than 2-year | 165 | 165 | 165 | - | - | - | - |
| Capri College-Cedar RapidsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 129 | 129 | 129 | - | - | - | - |
| Central CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,051 | 33 | - | - | - |
| Clarke UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 962 | 815 | 725 | 90 | 147 | 134 | 13 |
| Coe CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,195 | 1,195 | 1,161 | 34 | - | - | - |
| Cornell CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,094 | 1,094 | 1,086 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Des Moines Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 23,697 | 23,697 | 5,770 | 17,927 | - | - | - |
| Divine Word CollegePrivate, 4-year | 64 | 64 | 56 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Dordt UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,952 | 1,716 | 1,581 | 135 | 236 | 23 | 213 |
| Drake UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,345 | 2,585 | 2,489 | 96 | 1,760 | 790 | 970 |
| University of DubuquePrivate, 4-year | 1,757 | 1,440 | 1,256 | 184 | 317 | 265 | 52 |
| Ellsworth Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 685 | 685 | 479 | 206 | - | - | - |
| Emmaus Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year | 234 | 234 | 202 | 32 | - | - | - |
| Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictPublic, 2-4 year | 7,426 | 7,426 | 1,979 | 5,447 | - | - | - |
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 611 | 551 | 380 | 171 | 60 | 21 | 39 |
| Graceland University-LamoniPrivate, 4-year | 1,102 | 798 | 774 | 24 | 304 | 181 | 123 |
| Grand View UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,856 | 1,500 | 1,380 | 120 | 356 | 215 | 141 |
| Grinnell CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,788 | 1,788 | 1,729 | 59 | - | - | - |
| Orion Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year | 41 | 41 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Hawkeye Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,120 | 5,120 | 1,834 | 3,286 | - | - | - |
| American Hair AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 25 | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Indian Hills Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,184 | 3,184 | 1,620 | 1,564 | - | - | - |
| Iowa Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,949 | 4,949 | 2,683 | 2,266 | - | - | - |
| Iowa Lakes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,945 | 1,945 | 690 | 1,255 | - | - | - |
| UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 16 | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 year | 74 | 74 | 74 | - | - | - | - |
| Iowa State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 30,380 | 25,628 | 24,445 | 1,183 | 4,752 | 3,070 | 1,682 |
| Iowa Western Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,540 | 5,540 | 2,270 | 3,270 | - | - | - |
| University of IowaPublic, 4-year | 30,779 | 22,738 | 21,255 | 1,483 | 8,041 | 5,112 | 2,929 |
| Kirkwood Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 12,763 | 12,763 | 4,138 | 8,625 | - | - | - |
| La James International College-Cedar FallsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 54 | 54 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
| La James International College-JohnstonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 141 | 141 | 141 | - | - | - | - |
| La James College of Hairstyling and CosmetologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 56 | 56 | 56 | - | - | - | - |
| La James International College-Ft DodgePrivate, Less than 2-year | 22 | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Loras CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,189 | 1,123 | 1,065 | 58 | 66 | 62 | 4 |
| Luther CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,384 | 1,384 | 1,369 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Maharishi International UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,592 | 922 | 450 | 472 | 1,670 | 674 | 996 |
| Marshalltown Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,857 | 1,857 | 728 | 1,129 | - | - | - |
| Mercy College of Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year | 869 | 867 | 340 | 527 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Morningside UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,056 | 1,172 | 1,117 | 55 | 884 | 87 | 797 |
| Mount Mercy UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,417 | 1,139 | 1,073 | 66 | 278 | 112 | 166 |
| North Iowa Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,662 | 2,662 | 1,196 | 1,466 | - | - | - |
| University of Northern IowaPublic, 4-year | 9,278 | 7,711 | 6,921 | 790 | 1,567 | 461 | 1,106 |
| Northwestern CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,705 | 1,184 | 1,059 | 125 | 521 | 114 | 407 |
| Northeast Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,808 | 4,808 | 1,185 | 3,623 | - | - | - |
| Northwest Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,907 | 1,907 | 639 | 1,268 | - | - | - |
| Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical CenterPrivate, 4-year | 1,534 | - | - | - | 1,534 | 1,469 | 65 |
| Palmer College of ChiropracticPrivate, 4-year | 2,161 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 2,114 | 2,098 | 16 |
| PCI Academy-AmesPrivate, Less than 2-year | 176 | 176 | 89 | 87 | - | - | - |
| Saint Ambrose UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,498 | 1,939 | 1,806 | 133 | 559 | 429 | 130 |
| St Luke's CollegePrivate, 4-year | 176 | 176 | 101 | 75 | - | - | - |
| La James International College-DavenportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 127 | 127 | 127 | - | - | - | - |
| Simpson CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,251 | 1,235 | 1,201 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Southeastern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,028 | 3,028 | 1,264 | 1,764 | - | - | - |
| Southwestern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,566 | 1,566 | 582 | 984 | - | - | - |
| Capri College-DavenportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 135 | 135 | 135 | - | - | - | - |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux CityPrivate, 2-4 year | 67 | 67 | 67 | - | - | - | - |
| SOHO Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year | 66 | 66 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| Upper Iowa UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,941 | 3,054 | 1,096 | 1,958 | 887 | 509 | 378 |
| Waldorf UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,225 | 1,834 | 1,255 | 579 | 391 | 153 | 238 |
| Wartburg CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,483 | 1,462 | 1,407 | 55 | 21 | 21 | - |
| Wartburg Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 161 | - | - | - | 161 | 138 | 23 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar FallsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 91 | 91 | 91 | - | - | - | - |
| Western Iowa Tech Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,482 | 5,482 | 1,815 | 3,667 | - | - | - |
| William Penn UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,425 | 1,348 | 1,241 | 107 | 77 | 36 | 41 |
| Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 21 | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Ross College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 year | 42 | 42 | 39 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit LakePrivate, Less than 2-year | 22 | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Carlson College of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 39 | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| Aveda Institute-Des MoinesPrivate, Less than 2-year | 244 | 244 | 244 | - | - | - | - |
| PCI Academy-Iowa CityPrivate, Less than 2-year | 113 | 113 | 68 | 45 | - | - | - |
| Body Wisdom Massage Therapy SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 45 | 45 | 43 | 2 | - | - | - |