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Iowa Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Colleges by Enrollment

List of Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 62 colleges in Iowa with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Iowa State University tops the list with a population of 34,992 students.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
College Enrollment
I

Ames, IA

 34,992
I

Iowa City, IA

 31,656
P

Davenport, IA

 30,512
D

Ankeny, IA

 23,474
K

Cedar Rapids, IA

 13,906
N

Cedar Falls, IA

 11,187
E

Davenport, IA

 7,771
I

Council Bluffs, IA

 5,962
W

Sioux City, IA

 5,674
I

Fort Dodge, IA

 5,390
H

Waterloo, IA

 5,263
D

Des Moines, IA

 4,869
N

Calmar, IA

 4,449
U

Fayette, IA

 4,392
I

Ottumwa, IA

 3,918
W

Forest City, IA

 3,150
S

Davenport, IA

 3,045
N

Mason City, IA

 2,995
M

Sioux City, IA

 2,698
S

West Burlington, IA

 2,548