Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of Black Students

List of Colleges by Percent of Black Students

Below is a ranking of the 62 colleges in Iowa with the highest percent of black students. Purdue Global Davenport Campus tops the list with African Americans comprising 29% of the student population.

List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of Black Students
School % Black
Purdue Global Davenport Campus

Davenport, IA

29.2%
Brown Mackie College Quad Cities

Bettendorf, IA

25.3%
Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

18.8%
William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA

18.3%
Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, IA

17.1%
Waldorf College

Forest City, IA

15.7%
Vatterott College Des Moines

Des Moines, IA

14.5%
University of Dubuque

Dubuque, IA

13.8%
Iowa Central Community College

Fort Dodge, IA

13.5%
Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, IA

12.9%
Hawkeye Community College

Waterloo, IA

11.4%
Graceland University Lamoni

Lamoni, IA

10.7%
Hamilton Technical College

Davenport, IA

10.7%
Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

10.8%
Indian Hills Community College

Ottumwa, IA

9.8%
Iowa Wesleyan College

Mount Pleasant, IA

9.2%
Eastern Iowa Community College District

Davenport, IA

8.3%
Grand View University

Des Moines, IA

8.4%