Student Population at Iowa Colleges

Total	4-Years Colleges	Community Colleges	Trade Schools
203,770	120,286	83,409	75

Student Population By School Level for Iowa Colleges

By attending status, there are 129,659 full-time students and 74,111 part-time students at Iowa colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Iowa colleges. A total of 203,770 students have enrolled in Iowa colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Iowa Colleges
School	Total Enrollment	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total Enrollment	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Allen CollegePrivate, four-years	497	278	248	30	219	145	74
Briar Cliff UniversityPrivate, four-years	927	709	556	153	218	112	106
Buena Vista UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,973	1,474	1,295	179	499	9	490
Capri College-DubuquePrivate, 2-4 years	175	175	175	-	-	-	-
Capri College-Cedar RapidsPrivate, 2-4 years	142	142	142	-	-	-	-
Central CollegePrivate, four-years	1,169	1,169	1,118	51	-	-	-
Clarke UniversityPrivate, four-years	965	785	706	79	180	92	88
Coe CollegePrivate, four-years	1,264	1,264	1,242	22	-	-	-
Cornell CollegePrivate, four-years	1,073	1,058	1,057	1	15	8	7
Des Moines Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	21,637	21,637	5,257	16,380	-	-	-
Divine Word CollegePrivate, four-years	68	68	56	12	-	-	-
Dordt UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,861	1,618	1,459	159	243	23	220
Drake UniversityPrivate, four-years	4,685	2,835	2,744	91	1,850	840	1,010
University of DubuquePrivate, four-years	1,776	1,444	1,207	237	332	284	48
Ellsworth Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	718	718	518	200	-	-	-
Emmaus Bible CollegePrivate, four-years	206	206	170	36	-	-	-
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictPublic, 2-4 years	7,145	7,145	1,931	5,214	-	-	-
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryPrivate, four-years	448	377	283	94	71	28	43
Graceland University-LamoniPrivate, four-years	1,237	885	818	67	352	158	194
Grand View UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,827	1,556	1,390	166	271	134	137
Grinnell CollegePrivate, four-years	1,759	1,759	1,706	53	-	-	-
Orion Technical CollegePrivate, four-years	75	75	75	-	-	-	-
Hawkeye Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	4,787	4,787	1,834	2,953	-	-	-
American Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 years	20	20	20	-	-	-	-
Indian Hills Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	3,361	3,361	1,665	1,696	-	-	-
Iowa Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	5,058	5,058	2,637	2,421	-	-	-
Iowa Lakes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,960	1,960	769	1,191	-	-	-
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 years	19	19	19	-	-	-	-
Iowa School of Beauty-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 years	77	77	77	-	-	-	-
Iowa State UniversityPublic, four-years	29,969	25,241	23,992	1,249	4,728	3,029	1,699
Iowa Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, four-years	871	785	694	91	86	73	13
Iowa Western Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	5,342	5,342	2,308	3,034	-	-	-
University of IowaPublic, four-years	30,015	21,973	20,255	1,718	8,042	5,051	2,991
Kirkwood Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	12,406	12,406	4,166	8,240	-	-	-
La James International College-Cedar FallsPrivate, 2-4 years	39	39	39	-	-	-	-
La James International College-JohnstonPrivate, 2-4 years	57	57	57	-	-	-	-
La James College of Hairstyling and CosmetologyPrivate, 2-4 years	59	59	59	-	-	-	-
La James International College-Ft DodgePrivate, 2-4 years	21	21	21	-	-	-	-
Loras CollegePrivate, four-years	1,319	1,227	1,147	80	92	81	11
Luther CollegePrivate, four-years	1,610	1,610	1,593	17	-	-	-
Maharishi International UniversityPrivate, four-years	2,673	681	455	226	1,992	1,289	703
Marshalltown Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,707	1,707	704	1,003	-	-	-
Mercy College of Health SciencesPrivate, four-years	911	909	457	452	2	-	2
Morningside UniversityPrivate, four-years	2,249	1,186	1,128	58	1,063	59	1,004
Mount Mercy UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,526	1,271	998	273	255	105	150
North Iowa Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	2,479	2,479	1,138	1,341	-	-	-
University of Northern IowaPublic, four-years	8,945	7,735	6,976	759	1,210	399	811
Northwestern CollegePrivate, four-years	1,651	1,153	1,019	134	498	96	402
Northeast Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	4,355	4,355	967	3,388	-	-	-
Northwest Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,811	1,811	569	1,242	-	-	-
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical CenterPrivate, four-years	1,527	-	-	-	1,527	1,392	135
Palmer College of ChiropracticPrivate, four-years	2,178	32	28	4	2,146	2,113	33
PCI Academy-AmesPrivate, 2-4 years	126	126	20	106	-	-	-
Saint Ambrose UniversityPrivate, four-years	2,747	2,118	2,030	88	629	441	188
St Luke's CollegePrivate, four-years	196	196	86	110	-	-	-
La James International College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 years	96	96	96	-	-	-	-
Simpson CollegePrivate, four-years	1,151	1,127	1,062	65	24	16	8
Southeastern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	2,476	2,476	1,170	1,306	-	-	-
Southwestern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	1,581	1,581	652	929	-	-	-
Capri College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 years	146	146	146	-	-	-	-
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux CityPrivate, 2-4 years	13	13	13	-	-	-	-
E Q School of Hair DesignPrivate, 2-4 years	30	30	30	-	-	-	-
Upper Iowa UniversityPrivate, four-years	3,072	2,463	1,249	1,214	609	468	141
Waldorf UniversityPrivate, four-years	2,763	2,295	1,577	718	468	195	273
Wartburg CollegePrivate, four-years	1,444	1,416	1,363	53	28	23	5
Wartburg Theological SeminaryPrivate, four-years	186	-	-	-	186	169	17
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar FallsPrivate, 2-4 years	94	94	94	-	-	-	-
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegePublic, 2-4 years	5,150	5,150	1,638	3,512	-	-	-
William Penn UniversityPrivate, four-years	1,473	1,404	1,290	114	69	43	26
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 years	22	22	22	-	-	-	-
Ross College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 years	28	28	24	4	-	-	-
Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit LakePrivate, 2-4 years	19	19	19	-	-	-	-
Carlson College of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-years	32	32	32	-	-	-	-
Aveda Institute-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 years	180	180	180	-	-	-	-
PCI Academy-Iowa CityPrivate, 2-4 years	73	73	10	63	-	-	-
Body Wisdom Massage Therapy SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-years	43	43	37	6	-	-	-

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Total 203,770 Students Enrolled in Iowa Colleges

Student Population By School Level for Iowa Colleges