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 13% of high school students that applied.

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

Indianola, IA

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89%
Loras College

Dubuque, IA

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92%
Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

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93%
Maharishi International University

Fairfield, IA

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97%
Emmaus Bible College

Dubuque, IA

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98%
Grand View University

Des Moines, IA

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98%
Mercy College of Health Sciences

Des Moines, IA

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99%
Wartburg College

Waverly, IA

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99%
Allen College

Waterloo, IA

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100%
Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, IA

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100%
Divine Word College

Epworth, IA

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100%
Iowa Wesleyan College

Mount Pleasant, IA

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100%
Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport

Davenport, IA

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100%