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

30,512
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

30,015
Iowa State University

Ames, IA

29,969
Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, IA

21,637
Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

12,406
University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

8,945
Eastern Iowa Community College District

Davenport, IA

7,145
Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, IA

5,342
Western Iowa Tech Community College

Sioux City, IA

5,150
Iowa Central Community College

Fort Dodge, IA

5,058
Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, IA

4,787
Drake University

Des Moines, IA

4,685
Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar

Calmar, IA

4,355
Indian Hills Community College

Ottumwa, IA

3,361
Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

3,072
Waldorf College

Forest City, IA

2,763
Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA

2,747
Maharishi University of Management

Fairfield, IA

2,673