Iowa Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Iowa Colleges is 22.36% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Maharishi International University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 50.40% and Dordt University (40.99%) and Grinnell College (35.98%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Iowa Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Maharishi International University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 50.40% and Dordt University has the second highest yield of 40.99%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,882 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,463 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 78.88% and the average SAT score is 1,189 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Iowa Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year 50.40%
4.15%
96.90%-$16,5302,67350.00%13 to 1
2
1
Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year 40.99%
6.68%
70.97%1,130$35,9601,86167.00%14 to 1
3
1
Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year 35.98%
4.63%
13.00%1,490$64,8621,75988.00%9 to 1
4
-
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year 33.00%
0.08%
94.00%1,130$21,272
($9,728)
8,94563.00%17 to 1
5
1
Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year 29.00%
0.04%
89.00%1,240$27,683
($10,497)
29,96974.00%18 to 1
6
1
Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year 27.96%
1.88%
87.01%-$35,3001,65162.00%15 to 1
7
2
University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year 24.02%
0.34%
86.99%1,060$40,0651,77639.00%9 to 1
8
4
Waldorf University Forest City, IAPrivate, 4-year 24.01%
1.96%
72.99%-$25,2202,76325.00%24 to 1
9
2
Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year 23.99%
4.36%
92.95%1,050$19,0003,07242.00%13 to 1
10
-
University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year 23.00%
0.40%
85.00%1,220$32,927
($10,964)
30,01573.00%16 to 1
Average31.24%78.88%1,189$31,882
($10,396)
8,44858.30%15 to 1