Iowa Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 32 private colleges in Iowa with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Drake University tops the list with a population of 4,869 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
	College	Enrollment
D	Drake University Des Moines, IA	4,869
U	Upper Iowa University Fayette, IA	4,392
S	Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IA	3,045
M	Morningside College Sioux City, IA	2,698
D	University of Dubuque Dubuque, IA	2,385
P	Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport Davenport, IA	2,179
L	Luther College Decorah, IA	2,005
G	Graceland University Lamoni Lamoni, IA	1,993
G	Grand View University Des Moines, IA	1,886
B	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA	1,846
M	Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, IA	1,835
G	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	1,716
M	Maharishi University of Management Fairfield, IA	1,589
D	Dordt College Sioux Center, IA	1,564
W	Wartburg College Waverly, IA	1,498
L	Loras College Dubuque, IA	1,489
S	Simpson College Indianola, IA	1,444
C	Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA	1,422
N	Northwestern College Orange City, IA	1,299
W	William Penn University Oskaloosa, IA	1,279