Tightest Iowa Colleges to Get In

Tightest Iowa Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Iowa colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Grinnell College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 14.51% for academic year 2023-2024 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 low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Iowa.

Tightest Iowa Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Grinnell College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrinnell, IA	14.51%	9,758	1,416	438	30.93%
2	William Penn University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOskaloosa, IA	51.88%	1,305	677	284	41.95%
3	Drake University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDes Moines, IA	63.85%	9,873	6,304	618	9.80%
4	Coe College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCedar Rapids, IA	64.04%	8,633	5,529	303	5.48%
5	Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnkeny, IA	67.52%	274	185	127	68.65%
6	Dordt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux Center, IA	68.47%	1,773	1,214	461	37.97%
7	Morningside University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux City, IA	71.04%	2,742	1,948	308	15.81%
8	Luther College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDecorah, IA	71.54%	2,632	1,883	375	19.92%
9	Clarke University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDubuque, IA	71.83%	3,394	2,438	135	5.54%
10	Wartburg College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaverly, IA	75.84%	3,203	2,429	402	16.55%

Tightest Iowa Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest Iowa Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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