74.91% of Applicants Accepted to Iowa Colleges in 2025 Admission

121,314

Applicants

90,879

Admitted

74.91%

Acceptance Rate

21.96%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Iowa colleges is 74.91%, 90,879 accepted out of 121,314 applicants.

For Iowa college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 5,412 (4.67%) compared to last year, from 115,902 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 91, which is more than 0.46% last year.

Iowa colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.96% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Iowa colleges. The yield decreased by 0.63%.

Among Iowa colleges, Grinnell College has the lowest acceptance rate of 14.51% with 1,416 accepted students out of 9,758 applicants. University of Iowa has the most number of applicants of 27,770 and Iowa State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,906.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Iowa Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Iowa. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Iowa Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Grinnell College9,758
-230		1,416
150		438
-19		14.51%
1.83%		30.93%
-5.17%
William Penn University1,305
193		677
43		284
-12		51.88%
-5.13%		41.95%
-4.74%
Emmaus Bible College194
107		116
31		74
22		59.79%
-37.91%		63.79%
2.61%
Drake University9,873
2,132		6,304
1,340		618
-21		63.85%
-0.28%		9.80%
-3.07%
Coe College8,633
1,462		5,529
461		303
-56		64.04%
-6.63%		5.48%
-1.60%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary274
-34		185
32		127
5		67.52%
17.84%		68.65%
-11.09%
Dordt University1,773
178		1,214
79		46168.47%
-2.69%		37.97%
-2.65%
Morningside University2,742
-14		1,948
3		308
-29		71.04%
0.47%		15.81%
-1.52%
Luther College2,632
185		1,883
90		375
23		71.54%
-1.73%		19.92%
0.29%
Clarke University3,394
307		2,438
334		135
-64		71.83%
3.67%		5.54%
-3.92%
Wartburg College3,203
660		2,429
-99		402
-22		75.84%
-23.57%		16.55%
-0.22%
Waldorf University1,238
205		953
203		189
9		76.98%
4.38%		19.83%
-4.17%
Saint Ambrose University2,964
-492		2,292
-242		383
-39		77.33%
4.01%		16.71%
0.06%
Buena Vista University1,389
-155		1,078
-30		223
6		77.61%
5.85%		20.69%
1.11%
Cornell College2,522
-565		2,015
-475		288
-10		79.90%
-0.76%		14.29%
2.32%
St Luke's College15
-3		12
4		11
4		80.00%
35.56%		91.67%
4.17%
Northwestern College1,497
342		1,203
198		327
44		80.36%
-6.65%		27.18%
-0.98%
Graceland University-Lamoni1,346
-913		1,088
-792		169
-71		80.83%
-2.39%		15.53%
2.76%
Mount Mercy University1,041
-395		859
-272		240
32		82.52%
3.76%		27.94%
9.55%
University of Iowa27,770
2,088		23,222
1,476		5,208
144		83.62%
-1.05%		22.43%
-0.86%
Central College1,706
-272		1,470
-92		309
35		86.17%
7.20%		21.02%
3.48%
Simpson College2,046
400		1,764
301		381
39		86.22%
-2.66%		21.60%
-1.78%
University of Dubuque1,486
-74		1,317
-39		307
-18		88.63%
1.71%		23.31%
-0.66%
Iowa State University23,095
100		20,475
-21		5,906
47		88.66%
-0.47%		28.84%
0.25%
University of Northern Iowa5,360
447		4,971
333		1,546
-6		92.74%
-1.66%		31.10%
-2.36%
Maharishi International University93
-36		89
-36		67
4		95.70%
-1.20%		75.28%
24.88%
Upper Iowa University452
-243		436
-213		148
-10		96.46%
3.08%		33.94%
9.59%
Grand View University1,426
-239		1,413
-225		295
-45		99.09%
0.71%		20.88%
0.12%
Mercy College of Health Sciences679
515		677
515		174
95		99.71%
0.93%		25.70%
-23.07%
Loras College1,408
-244		1,406
-111		261
4		99.86%
8.03%		18.56%
1.62%