Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of White Students

Below is a ranking of the 52 colleges in Iowa with the highest percent of white students. Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary leads the list with white students comprising 91% of the school's enrollment.

List of Iowa Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of White Students

College	% White
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary Ankeny, Iowa	90.6%
Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar, Iowa	88.3%
Simpson College Indianola, Iowa	88.2%
Allen College Waterloo, Iowa	87.3%
Central College Pella, Iowa	87.4%
Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, Iowa	86.8%
Clarke University Dubuque, Iowa	84.8%
Mercy College of Health Sciences Des Moines, Iowa	84.9%
Loras College Dubuque, Iowa	83.5%
Luther College Decorah, Iowa	84.0%
North Iowa Area Community College Mason City, Iowa	83.8%
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa	83.5%
Northwestern College Orange City, Iowa	82.8%
Southwestern Community College Creston, Iowa	82.8%
St Luke's College Sioux City, Iowa	81.6%
Southeastern Community College West Burlington, Iowa	81.8%
Buena Vista University Storm Lake, Iowa	80.1%
Hawkeye Community College Waterloo, Iowa	80.5%

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This list is updated annually based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Last updated: August 2026

Data source: IPEDS 2025 survey for academic year 2024/2025 - National Center for Education Statistics.