Colleges with the Largest Enrollment in Iowa

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 36,158 students.

Data is reported for the 2017/18 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	Iowa State University	36,158
P	Purdue Global Davenport Campus	33,287
I	University of Iowa	32,166
D	Des Moines Area Community College	22,982
K	Kirkwood Community College	14,049
N	University of Northern Iowa	11,861
E	Eastern Iowa Community College District	7,666
I	Iowa Western Community College	6,080
I	Iowa Central Community College	5,788
W	Western Iowa Tech Community College	5,731
H	Hawkeye Community College	5,605
U	Upper Iowa University	4,943
D	Drake University	4,904
N	Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar	4,536
I	Indian Hills Community College	4,090
S	Saint Ambrose University	3,114
N	North Iowa Area Community College	2,947
M	Morningside College	2,788
S	Southeastern Community College	2,658
W	Waldorf College	2,487

Iowa Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Colleges by Enrollment