Private Colleges with the Largest Enrollment in Iowa

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 43 private colleges in Iowa with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Purdue Global Davenport Campus tops the list with a population of 33,287 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
	College	Enrollment
P	Purdue Global Davenport Campus	33,287
U	Upper Iowa University	4,943
D	Drake University	4,904
S	Saint Ambrose University	3,114
M	Morningside College	2,788
W	Waldorf College	2,487
D	University of Dubuque	2,366
G	Graceland University Lamoni	2,262
P	Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport	2,237
L	Luther College	2,053
B	Buena Vista University	1,982
M	Mount Mercy University	1,848
G	Grand View University	1,836
G	Grinnell College	1,712
M	Maharishi University of Management	1,646
D	Dordt College	1,533
W	Wartburg College	1,527
S	Simpson College	1,479
L	Loras College	1,467
C	Coe College	1,394

Iowa Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment