Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.98% where the current academic year rate is 77.76% at Iowa Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.76% and women students' rate is 74.40%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Iowa Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 69.23% | 67.92% | 70.33% |
| 2015-16 | 70.08% 0.85% |
67.87% -0.05% |
71.74% 1.41% |
| 2016-17 | 67.27% -2.81% |
66.75% -1.12% |
68.37% -3.38% |
| 2017-18 | 68.43% 1.16% |
68.78% 2.03% |
69.34% 0.97% |
| 2018-19 | 73.15% 4.72% |
70.92% 2.14% |
74.53% 5.19% |
| 2019-20 | 69.29% -3.87% |
70.86% -0.07% |
69.25% -5.28% |
| 2020-21 | 73.81% 4.52% |
71.88% 1.02% |
75.40% 6.14% |
| 2021-22 | 77.39% 3.58% |
74.91% 3.03% |
79.37% 3.98% |
| 2022-23 | 78.81% 1.42% |
77.12% 2.21% |
80.55% 1.17% |
| 2023-24 | 77.62% -1.19% |
77.34% 0.23% |
79.44% -1.11% |
| 2024-25 | 77.76% 0.14% |
75.02% -2.32% |
80.11% 0.67% |
| Average | 72.98% | 71.76% | 74.40% |
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 30.89% where the current academic year yield is 29.10%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Iowa Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 39.02% | 40.57% | 38.51% |
| 2015-16 | 37.34% -1.68% |
37.14% -3.42% |
36.74% -1.77% |
| 2016-17 | 32.88% -4.47% |
32.49% -4.66% |
32.17% -4.57% |
| 2017-18 | 31.43% -1.44% |
33.77% 1.28% |
28.77% -3.40% |
| 2018-19 | 27.37% -4.07% |
27.51% -6.26% |
27.43% -1.34% |
| 2019-20 | 27.02% -0.34% |
25.53% -1.99% |
26.93% -0.50% |
| 2020-21 | 29.35% 2.33% |
26.53% 1.00% |
29.09% 2.16% |
| 2021-22 | 28.65% -0.70% |
28.00% 1.47% |
27.92% -1.16% |
| 2022-23 | 28.38% -0.27% |
27.66% -0.34% |
28.57% 0.65% |
| 2023-24 | 29.26% 0.88% |
28.21% 0.55% |
29.00% 0.43% |
| 2024-25 | 29.10% -0.17% |
29.33% 1.12% |
28.97% -0.03% |
| Average | 30.89% | 30.61% | 30.37% |
The average number of applicants is 116,135, the average number of admitted is 85,194, and the average number of enrolled students is 20,354 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Iowa Colleges increased by 4.67% (5,412 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Iowa Colleges from 2014 to 2025.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | 102,118 | 74,542 | 20,979 |
| 2015-16 | 108,123 5.88% |
77,115 3.45% |
21,541 2.68% |
| 2016-17 | 119,780 10.78% |
84,315 9.34% |
21,853 1.45% |
| 2017-18 | 121,096 1.10% |
87,301 3.54% |
21,012 -3.85% |
| 2018-19 | 122,458 1.12% |
88,081 0.89% |
20,720 -1.39% |
| 2019-20 | 118,845 -2.95% |
85,561 -2.86% |
19,905 -3.93% |
| 2020-21 | 117,732 -0.94% |
86,991 1.67% |
18,883 -5.13% |
| 2021-22 | 117,873 0.12% |
88,215 1.41% |
19,447 2.99% |
| 2022-23 | 112,240 -4.78% |
86,201 -2.28% |
19,732 1.47% |
| 2023-24 | 115,902 3.26% |
87,933 2.01% |
19,866 0.68% |
| 2024-25 | 121,314 4.67% |
90,879 3.35% |
19,957 0.46% |
| Average | 116,135 | 85,194 | 20,354 |