In Iowa, there are 27 religiously affiliated colleges which are mostly private, not for profit, and four-year schools. Of them, 26 schools have undergraduate programs and 19 schools have graduate programs. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $34,908 and the average graduate tuition is $10,927.
Roman Catholic has the most affiliated college of 7 schools. United Methodist and Evangelical Lutheran Church also have many affiliated college of 5 and 4 schools respectively.
The following table lists the number of Iowa colleges by religious affiliation. You can see the list of colleges for each affiliation by following the link on the number in the column. Furthermore, you can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column that you desire.
Religious Affiliation | Number of Schools | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Population | Students to Faculty |
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Baptist | 1 | $19,530 | $7,940 | 448 | 15 to 1 |
Christian Methodist Episcopal | 1 | - | - | 19 | 10 to 1 |
Christian Reformed Church | 1 | $35,960 | $9,820 | 1,861 | 14 to 1 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church | 4 | $44,937 | $13,943 | 5,067 | 12 to 1 |
Friends | 1 | $28,750 | $10,500 | 1,473 | 18 to 1 |
Other (none of the above) | 1 | $33,220 | $11,991 | 1,237 | 13 to 1 |
Other Protestant | 1 | $20,940 | - | 196 | 6 to 1 |
Plymouth Brethren | 1 | $20,000 | - | 206 | 7 to 1 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 3 | $44,277 | $9,595 | 5,013 | 10 to 1 |
Reformed Church in America | 2 | $28,144 | $6,600 | 2,820 | 14 to 1 |
Roman Catholic | 7 | $31,490 | $13,097 | 8,463 | 10 to 1 |
United Methodist | 4 | $45,012 | $7,052 | 4,495 | 12 to 1 |
African Methodist Episcopal | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
American Baptist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
American Evangelical Lutheran Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Assemblies of God Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Brethren Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Christ and Missionary Alliance Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Church of Brethren | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Church of God | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Church of the Nazarene | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Churches of Christ | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Cumberland Presbyterian | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Episcopal Church, Reformed | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Evangelical Christian | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Evangelical Congregational Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Evangelical Covenant Church of America | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Evangelical Free Church of America | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Free Methodist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Free Will Baptist Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
General Baptist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Greek Orthodox | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Interdenominational | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Jewish | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Lutheran Church in America | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Mennonite Brethren Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Mennonite Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Missionary Church Inc | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Moravian Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Multiple Protestant Denomination | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Muslim | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Non-Denominational | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
North American Baptist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Original Free Will Baptist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Pentecostal Holiness Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Presbyterian | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Protestant Episcopal | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Reformed Presbyterian Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Russian Orthodox | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Seventh Day Adventist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Southern Baptist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
The Presbyterian Church in America | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Undenominational | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Unitarian Universalist | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
United Brethren Church | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
United Church of Christ | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Wesleyan | No affiliated Schools. | ||||
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | No affiliated Schools. |