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Iowa Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Iowa Wesleyan University, has the lowest yield rate of 8.03% for academic year 2022-2023 in Iowa. Clarke University is positioned second with 8.54% yield and Drake University follows them with 13%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Iowa.
Iowa Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Iowa Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMount Pleasant, IA
8.03% 2,975 2,404 193 80.81%
2Clarke University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA
8.54% 2,665 2,260 193 84.80%
3Drake University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDes Moines, IA
12.65% 8,621 5,796 733 67.23%
4Wartburg College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaverly, IA
12.96% 2,779 2,708 351 97.45%
5Graceland University-Lamoni
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLamoni, IA
13.48% 2,011 1,498 202 74.49%
6Cornell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMount Vernon, IA
13.57% 3,057 2,425 329 79.33%
7Morningside University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux City, IA
15.21% 3,222 2,275 346 70.61%
8Loras College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA
17.12% 1,860 1,671 286 89.84%
9Saint Ambrose University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavenport, IA
17.30% 3,589 2,653 459 73.92%
10Grand View University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDes Moines, IA
17.83% 1,886 1,856 331 98.41%