Total 208,398 Students Enrolled in Iowa Colleges

208,398

Total

119,909

4-Year Colleges

86,961

Community Colleges

1,528

Trade Schools

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.

Student Population By School Level for Iowa Colleges

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.

Student Population By School Level between Iowa Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Allen CollegePrivate, 4-year4832612164522216161
Briar Cliff UniversityPrivate, 4-year94776656320318111863
Buena Vista UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8901,4361,20822845434420
Capri College-DubuquePrivate, Less than 2-year165165165----
Capri College-Cedar RapidsPrivate, Less than 2-year129129129----
Central CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0841,0841,05133---
Clarke UniversityPrivate, 4-year9628157259014713413
Coe CollegePrivate, 4-year1,1951,1951,16134---
Cornell CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0941,0941,08682--
Des Moines Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year23,69723,6975,77017,927---
Divine Word CollegePrivate, 4-year6464568---
Dordt UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,9521,7161,58113523623213
Drake UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,3452,5852,489961,760790970
University of DubuquePrivate, 4-year1,7571,4401,25618431726552
Ellsworth Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year685685479206---
Emmaus Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year23423420232---
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictPublic, 2-4 year7,4267,4261,9795,447---
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year611551380171602139
Graceland University-LamoniPrivate, 4-year1,10279877424304181123
Grand View UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8561,5001,380120356215141
Grinnell CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7881,7881,72959---
Orion Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year414141----
Hawkeye Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,1205,1201,8343,286---
American Hair AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year252525----
Indian Hills Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,1843,1841,6201,564---
Iowa Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,9494,9492,6832,266---
Iowa Lakes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9451,9456901,255---
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year161616----
Iowa School of Beauty-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 year747474----
Iowa State UniversityPublic, 4-year30,38025,62824,4451,1834,7523,0701,682
Iowa Western Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,5405,5402,2703,270---
University of IowaPublic, 4-year30,77922,73821,2551,4838,0415,1122,929
Kirkwood Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year12,76312,7634,1388,625---
La James International College-Cedar FallsPrivate, Less than 2-year545454----
La James International College-JohnstonPrivate, Less than 2-year141141141----
La James College of Hairstyling and CosmetologyPrivate, 2-4 year565656----
La James International College-Ft DodgePrivate, Less than 2-year222222----
Loras CollegePrivate, 4-year1,1891,1231,0655866624
Luther CollegePrivate, 4-year1,3841,3841,36915---
Maharishi International UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,5929224504721,670674996
Marshalltown Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,8571,8577281,129---
Mercy College of Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year8698673405272-2
Morningside UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,0561,1721,1175588487797
Mount Mercy UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,4171,1391,07366278112166
North Iowa Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,6622,6621,1961,466---
University of Northern IowaPublic, 4-year9,2787,7116,9217901,5674611,106
Northwestern CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7051,1841,059125521114407
Northeast Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,8084,8081,1853,623---
Northwest Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9071,9076391,268---
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical CenterPrivate, 4-year1,534---1,5341,46965
Palmer College of ChiropracticPrivate, 4-year2,161474252,1142,09816
PCI Academy-AmesPrivate, Less than 2-year1761768987---
Saint Ambrose UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,4981,9391,806133559429130
St Luke's CollegePrivate, 4-year17617610175---
La James International College-DavenportPrivate, Less than 2-year127127127----
Simpson CollegePrivate, 4-year1,2511,2351,2013416106
Southeastern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,0283,0281,2641,764---
Southwestern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5661,566582984---
Capri College-DavenportPrivate, Less than 2-year135135135----
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux CityPrivate, 2-4 year676767----
SOHO Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year666666----
Upper Iowa UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,9413,0541,0961,958887509378
Waldorf UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,2251,8341,255579391153238
Wartburg CollegePrivate, 4-year1,4831,4621,407552121-
Wartburg Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year161---16113823
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar FallsPrivate, Less than 2-year919191----
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,4825,4821,8153,667---
William Penn UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,4251,3481,241107773641
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year212121----
Ross College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 year4242393---
Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit LakePrivate, Less than 2-year222222----
Carlson College of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year393939----
Aveda Institute-Des MoinesPrivate, Less than 2-year244244244----
PCI Academy-Iowa CityPrivate, Less than 2-year1131136845---
Body Wisdom Massage Therapy SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year4545432---