Iowa Colleges Ranked by Largest 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. Purdue Global Davenport Campus tops the list with a population of 30,512 students.

List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Purdue Global Davenport Campus

Davenport, IA

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30,512
Iowa State University

Ames, IA

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30,177
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

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30,042
Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, IA

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24,418
Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

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12,660
University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

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9,013
Eastern Iowa Community College District

Davenport, IA

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7,128
Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, IA

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5,503
Western Iowa Tech Community College

Sioux City, IA

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5,071
Iowa Central Community College

Fort Dodge, IA

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4,909
Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, IA

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4,796
Drake University

Des Moines, IA

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4,504
Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar

Calmar, IA

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4,378
Indian Hills Community College

Ottumwa, IA

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3,236
Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

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3,102
Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA

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2,703
Maharishi International University

Fairfield, IA

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2,666
Waldorf College

Forest City, IA

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2,657