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Tightest Iowa Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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 10.76% 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 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Grinnell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrinnell, IA
10.76%9,9971,07643740.61%
2Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnkeny, IA
52.45%28615010670.67%
3Upper Iowa University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFayette, IA
54.23%1,40576221628.35%
4William Penn University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOskaloosa, IA
57.67%1,26472931743.48%
5Drake University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDes Moines, IA
67.23%8,6215,79673312.65%
6Morningside University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSioux City, IA
70.61%3,2222,27534615.21%
7Waldorf University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsForest City, IA
73.86%1,05678017222.05%
8Saint Ambrose University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavenport, IA
73.92%3,5892,65345917.30%
9Graceland University-Lamoni
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLamoni, IA
74.49%2,0111,49820213.48%
10Mount Mercy University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCedar Rapids, IA
75.27%1,5691,18122418.97%