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Colleges With Highest Yield in Iowa

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Most Favored Iowa Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Iowa. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Maharishi International University, has the highest yield rate of 54.55% for academic year 2022-2023 in Iowa. William Penn University is positioned second with 43.48% yield and Grinnell College follows them with 41%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Iowa.
Most Favored Iowa Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Maharishi International University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFairfield, IA		 54.55% 70 66 36 94.29%
2William Penn University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOskaloosa, IA		 43.48% 1,264 729 317 57.67%
3Grinnell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrinnell, IA		 40.61% 9,997 1,076 437 10.76%
4Dordt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Center, IA		 34.31% 1,476 1,294 444 87.67%
5University of Northern Iowa
Public, four-yearsCedar Falls, IA		 32.92% 4,594 4,362 1,436 94.95%
6Northwestern College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOrange City, IA		 29.84% 1,105 965 288 87.33%
7Iowa State University
Public, four-yearsAmes, IA		 28.96% 21,919 19,776 5,728 90.22%
8Upper Iowa University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFayette, IA		 28.35% 1,405 762 216 54.23%
9Luther College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDecorah, IA		 24.27% 2,188 1,648 400 75.32%
10University of Dubuque
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA		 23.68% 1,579 1,343 318 85.05%

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