Colleges Near Waterloo
2 colleges are in Waterloo, and 35 total within 100 miles enrolling 170,832 students.
Allen College is the nearest college in Waterloo. Waterloo (pop. 68,406) is in Iowa.
Grinnell College in Grinnell ranks #57 nationally. Hawkeye Community College enrolls the most students with 5,120. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College in Fennimore has the lowest tuition at $4,904 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Waterloo. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Waterloo. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Waterloo.
Allen College
- Private 4 Year
- Waterloo, IA
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- Campus in Waterloo
Allen College is a private health sciences college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The Waterloo campus works in close partnership with the region's hospital system.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Hawkeye Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Waterloo, IA
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- Campus in Waterloo
Hawkeye is a public community college known for career programs in nursing, manufacturing technology, and agriculture. Most students commute to the Waterloo campus in Iowa's Cedar Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,532
University of Northern Iowa
- Public 4 Year
- Cedar Falls, IA
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3.5 | 4 reviews
- 6 miles from Waterloo
UNI is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Cedar Falls.
- SAT Range 1020-1280
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $16,437
Wartburg College
- Private 4 Year
- Waverly, IA
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- 18 miles from Waterloo
Wartburg is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music, education, and biology. Most students live on the residential campus in the small Iowa town of Waverly, with long ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- SAT Range 930-1200
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $24,031
Upper Iowa University
- Private 4 Year
- Fayette, IA
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- 37 miles from Waterloo
Upper Iowa is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and human services. The residential campus sits in the small town of Fayette in northeast Iowa.
- SAT Range 970-1160
- Avg GPA 3.34
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $20,426
Marshalltown Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Marshalltown, IA
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- 44 miles from Waterloo
Marshalltown Community College is a public two-year college offering associate degrees, transfer coursework, and career and technical programs. Most students commute to a small-city campus in central Iowa.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,724
Ellsworth Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Iowa Falls, IA
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- 47 miles from Waterloo
Ellsworth is a community college known for undergraduate agriculture and transfer programs. The small-town campus sits in Iowa Falls along the Iowa River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,920
Coe College
- Private 4 Year
- Cedar Rapids, IA
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- 50 miles from Waterloo
Coe is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate writing, biology, and business. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Cedar Rapids.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Acceptance Rate 64%
- Net Price $20,864
Mount Mercy University
- Private 4 Year
- Cedar Rapids, IA
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1.0 | 2 reviews
- 49 miles from Waterloo
Mount Mercy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The compact residential campus sits in a neighborhood setting in Cedar Rapids.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $24,347
Grinnell College
- Private 4 Year
- Grinnell, IA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 55 miles from Waterloo
Grinnell is a highly selective private liberal arts college known for an open curriculum and undergraduate work in the sciences and social sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the small town of Grinnell.
- SAT Range 1410-1540
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.89
- Acceptance Rate 15%
- Net Price $34,363
Kirkwood Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Cedar Rapids, IA
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- 54 miles from Waterloo
Kirkwood is a community college known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and industrial technology programs. The main campus in Cedar Rapids anchors a multi-site system serving eastern Iowa.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,936
Northeast Iowa Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Calmar, IA
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- 53 miles from Waterloo
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and technical programs. The Calmar campus sits in a small rural town in northeast Iowa.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,915
North Iowa Area Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Mason City, IA
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- 61 miles from Waterloo
NIACC is a public community college offering associate degrees and certificates in nursing, business, and industrial technology. The campus is located in Mason City in north-central Iowa.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,852
Cornell College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, IA
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- 62 miles from Waterloo
Cornell College is a private liberal arts college known for its One Course At A Time calendar of intensive undergraduate courses. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Mount Vernon.
- SAT Range 1120-1285
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 80%
- Net Price $25,220
Luther College
- Private 4 Year
- Decorah, IA
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- 63 miles from Waterloo
Luther is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the sciences. The residential campus sits among the bluffs of Decorah in northeast Iowa.
- SAT Range 1078-1406
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $24,511
University of Iowa
- Public 4 Year
- Iowa City, IA
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3.0 | 3 reviews
- 71 miles from Waterloo
Iowa is a large public university known for undergraduate creative writing and journalism. The campus sits in the college town of Iowa City along the Iowa River.
- SAT Range 1130-1330
- Avg GPA 3.81
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $21,765
Divine Word College
- Private 4 Year
- Epworth, IA
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- 72 miles from Waterloo
Divine Word is a small private Catholic seminary college known for undergraduate philosophy, theology, and intercultural studies. The rural Epworth campus prepares students for missionary service with the Society of the Divine Word.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,083
Iowa State University
- Public 4 Year
- Ames, IA
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4.0 | 4 reviews
- 74 miles from Waterloo
Iowa State is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, agriculture, and design. Ames is a college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1120-1360
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Acceptance Rate 89%
- Net Price $17,779