Iowa Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 31 private colleges in Iowa with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Grinnell College leads the list by accepting 11% of high school students that applied.

List of Iowa Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

11%
AIB College of Business

Des Moines, IA

42%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary

Ankeny, IA

52%
Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

54%
William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA

58%
Drake University

Des Moines, IA

67%
Morningside College

Sioux City, IA

71%
Graceland University Lamoni

Lamoni, IA

74%
Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA

74%
Luther College

Decorah, IA

75%
Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, IA

75%
Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

77%
Central College

Pella, IA

79%
Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

79%
Iowa Wesleyan College

Mount Pleasant, IA

81%
Clarke University

Dubuque, IA

85%
University of Dubuque

Dubuque, IA

85%
Northwestern College

Orange City, IA

87%