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Affordable Iowa Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) Iowa colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Grand View University has the highest acceptance rate as of 98.41% for academic year 2022-2023 in Iowa. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in Iowa.
Affordable Iowa Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Grand View University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDes Moines, IA
98.41%1,8861,85633117.83%
2Wartburg College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaverly, IA
97.45%2,7792,70835112.96%
3University of Northern Iowa
Public, four-yearsCedar Falls, IA
94.95%4,5944,3621,43632.92%
4Iowa State University
Public, four-yearsAmes, IA
90.22%21,91919,7765,72828.96%
5Loras College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA
89.84%1,8601,67128617.12%
6Simpson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIndianola, IA
89.10%1,5691,39830221.60%
7Dordt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Center, IA
87.67%1,4761,29444434.31%
8Northwestern College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOrange City, IA
87.33%1,10596528829.84%
9University of Iowa
Public, four-yearsIowa City, IA
86%25,72922,1285,17823.40%
10University of Dubuque
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA
85.05%1,5791,34331823.68%