Colleges in Iowa

There are 54 colleges in Iowa, 19 public and 35 private, offering a wide range of programs and majors. Iowa has both small schools (defined as less than 2000 students) and "very large" ones (10,000 or more students) and everything in between, including community colleges, in urban and rural environments.

Iowa's three large public universities include Iowa State University, University of Iowa, and University of Northern Iowa. Iowa State University, located in Ames, is a leader in agriculture, engineering, cooperative extension services, and home economics.

University of Iowa calls Iowa City home and is the oldest university in the state. U.S. News & World Report ranked it 28 on the 2012 list of the nation's best public universities.

University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, offers over 90 majors of study in fields of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts and Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Greg from Alton, IA, recently described the campus as "…just the right size to offer everything you could possibly want in a university from student organizations to athletic events to other activities and recreation."

Other Iowa colleges include Drake University in Des Moines, Dordt College in Sioux Center, University of Dubuque, and many more.

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