Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in Iowa is 203,770 with 111,873 female students and 91,897 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2022-2023. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in Iowa.
Among the Colleges in Iowa, University of Iowa has the most enrolled students of 30,015, while Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City has the least number of students of 13 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in Iowa is 175,866 with 95,920 female students and 79,946 male students. The following table compares 2022-2023 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in Iowa.
Among the Colleges in Iowa, Iowa State University has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 25,241, while Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City has the least number of undergraduate students of 13.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in Iowa is 27,904 with 15,953 female students and 11,951 male students. The following table compares 2022-2023 graduate enrollment between Colleges in Iowa.
Among the Colleges in Iowa, University of Iowa has the most enrolled graduate students of 8,042, while Mercy College of Health Sciences has the least number of graduate students of 2.
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Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2022-2023 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in Iowa. In undergraduate programs, out of total 172,575 students, 27,011 students (15.65%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 58,775 students (34.06%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 27,904 students, 9,306 students (33.35%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 3,097 students (11.10%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| Allen College | 278 | 23 (8.27%) |
215 (77.34%) | 219 | 30 (13.70%) |
142 (64.84%) | |
| Briar Cliff University | 709 | 83 (11.71%) |
74 (10.44%) | 218 | 130 (59.63%) |
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| Buena Vista University | 1,474 | 571 (38.74%) |
129 (8.75%) | 499 | 407 (81.56%) |
62 (12.42%) | |
| Capri College-Dubuque | Capri College-Dubuque does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Capri College-Cedar Rapids | Capri College-Cedar Rapids does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Central College | 1,169 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Clarke University | 785 | 30 (3.82%) |
206 (26.24%) | 180 | 50 (27.78%) |
30 (16.67%) | |
| Coe College | 1,264 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Cornell College | 1,058 | - | - | 15 | - | 7 (46.67%) | |
| Iowa School of Beauty-Marshalltown | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Des Moines Area Community College | 21,637 | 5,265 (24.33%) |
4,425 (20.45%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Divine Word College | Divine Word College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Dordt University | 1,618 | 142 (8.78%) |
312 (19.28%) | 243 | 229 (94.24%) |
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| Drake University | 2,835 | 12 (0.42%) |
949 (33.47%) | 1,850 | 419 (22.65%) |
248 (13.41%) | |
| University of Dubuque | 1,444 | - | 240 (16.62%) | 332 | 51 (15.36%) |
3 (0.90%) | |
| Ellsworth Community College | 718 | 135 (18.80%) |
392 (54.60%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Emmaus Bible College | 206 | 23 (11.17%) |
21 (10.19%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Eastern Iowa Community College District | 7,145 | 1,953 (27.33%) |
1,343 (18.80%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary | 377 | 71 (18.83%) |
101 (26.79%) | 71 | 31 (43.66%) |
20 (28.17%) | |
| Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Storm Lake | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Graceland University-Lamoni | 885 | 27 (3.05%) |
- | 352 | 325 (92.33%) |
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| Grand View University | 1,556 | 113 (7.26%) |
443 (28.47%) | 271 | 145 (53.51%) |
106 (39.11%) | |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Purdue University Global-Mason City | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Purdue University Global-Cedar Rapids | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Orion Technical College | 75 | 7 (9.33%) |
68 (90.67%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Hawkeye Community College | 4,787 | 931 (19.45%) |
1,077 (22.50%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| American Hair Academy | American Hair Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Indian Hills Community College | 3,361 | 458 (13.63%) |
801 (23.83%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Iowa Central Community College | 5,058 | 552 (10.91%) |
897 (17.73%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Iowa Lakes Community College | 1,960 | 332 (16.94%) |
595 (30.36%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic Technology | 19 | - | 9 (47.37%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| American College of Hairstyling-Des Moines | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines | Iowa School of Beauty-Des Moines does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Iowa State University | 25,241 | 357 (1.41%) |
14,821 (58.72%) | 4,728 | 656 (13.87%) |
724 (15.31%) | |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | 785 | 57 (7.26%) |
204 (25.99%) | 86 | 63 (73.26%) |
22 (25.58%) | |
| Iowa Western Community College | 5,342 | 1,463 (27.39%) |
1,947 (36.45%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Iowa | 21,973 | 927 (4.22%) |
13,834 (62.96%) | 8,042 | 2,273 (28.26%) |
463 (5.76%) | |
| Kirkwood Community College | 12,406 | 2,795 (22.53%) |
3,732 (30.08%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| La James International College-Cedar Falls | La James International College-Cedar Falls does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| La James International College-Johnston | La James International College-Johnston does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology | La James College of Hairstyling and Cosmetology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| La James International College-Ft Dodge | La James International College-Ft Dodge does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Loras College | 1,227 | 1 (0.08%) |
45 (3.67%) | 92 | 30 (32.61%) |
29 (31.52%) | |
| Luther College | 1,610 | - | 91 (5.65%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Maharishi International University | 681 | 409 (60.06%) |
- | 1,992 | 1,065 (53.46%) |
284 (14.26%) | |
| Marshalltown Community College | 1,707 | 510 (29.88%) |
696 (40.77%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Mercy College of Health Sciences | 909 | 215 (23.65%) |
506 (55.67%) | 2 | 2 (100.00%) |
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| Morningside University | 1,186 | 40 (3.37%) |
- | 1,063 | 1,063 (100.00%) |
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| Mount Mercy University | 1,271 | 117 (9.21%) |
234 (18.41%) | 255 | 115 (45.10%) |
47 (18.43%) | |
| North Iowa Area Community College | 2,479 | 483 (19.48%) |
1,106 (44.61%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Northern Iowa | 7,735 | 490 (6.33%) |
2,837 (36.68%) | 1,210 | 465 (38.43%) |
148 (12.23%) | |
| Northwestern College | 1,153 | 93 (8.07%) |
111 (9.63%) | 498 | 435 (87.35%) |
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| Northeast Iowa Community College | 4,355 | 906 (20.80%) |
943 (21.65%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northwest Iowa Community College | 1,811 | 765 (42.24%) |
416 (22.97%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 1,527 | 146 (9.56%) |
575 (37.66%) | |||
| Iowa School of Beauty-Ottumwa | Iowa School of Beauty-Ottumwa does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Palmer College of Chiropractic | 32 | 3 (9.38%) |
- | 2,146 | - | - | |
| PCI Academy-Ames | PCI Academy-Ames does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Saint Ambrose University | 2,118 | 49 (2.31%) |
25 (1.18%) | 629 | 108 (17.17%) |
29 (4.61%) | |
| St Luke's College | 196 | 49 (25.00%) |
27 (13.78%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| La James International College-Davenport | La James International College-Davenport does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| La James International College-Iowa City | no longer opens and does not accept applicants | ||||||
| Simpson College | 1,127 | 42 (3.73%) |
252 (22.36%) | 24 | 11 (45.83%) |
4 (16.67%) | |
| Southeastern Community College | 2,476 | 856 (34.57%) |
688 (27.79%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Southwestern Community College | 1,581 | 515 (32.57%) |
390 (24.67%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Capri College-Davenport | Capri College-Davenport does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City | Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| E Q School of Hair Design | E Q School of Hair Design does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Upper Iowa University | 2,463 | 1,555 (63.13%) |
329 (13.36%) | 609 | 559 (91.79%) |
25 (4.11%) | |
| Waldorf University | 2,295 | 1,636 (71.29%) |
- | 468 | 460 (98.29%) |
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| Wartburg College | 1,416 | 2 (0.14%) |
173 (12.22%) | 28 | 23 (82.14%) |
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| Wartburg Theological Seminary | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 186 | 4 (2.15%) |
129 (69.35%) | |||
| The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls | The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Western Iowa Tech Community College | 5,150 | 1,673 (32.49%) |
2,810 (54.56%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| William Penn University | 1,404 | 275 (19.59%) |
248 (17.66%) | 69 | 11 (15.94%) |
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| Purdue University Global-Davenport | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Purdue University Global-Cedar Falls | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology | Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Purdue University Global-Des Moines | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| Vatterott College-Des Moines | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 06/08/2018) | ||||||
| Ross College-Davenport | 28 | - | 13 (46.43%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit Lake | Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit Lake does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Total Look School of Cosmetology & Massage Therapy | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| University of Phoenix-Iowa | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 03/08/2016) | ||||||
| Carlson College of Massage Therapy | Carlson College of Massage Therapy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| ITT Technical Institute-Clive | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 09/03/2016) | ||||||
| The Salon Professional Academy-Iowa City | no longer opens and does not accept applicants (Closed: 12/28/2018) | ||||||
| Aveda Institute-Des Moines | Aveda Institute-Des Moines does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Little Priest Tribal College - Ho Chunk Centre | no recent data available (probably not active) | ||||||
| PCI Academy-Iowa City | PCI Academy-Iowa City does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Body Wisdom Massage Therapy School | Body Wisdom Massage Therapy School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Average | 172,575 | 27,011 (15.65%) |
58,775 (34.06%) |
27,904 | 9,306 (33.35%) |
3,097 (11.10%) | |