Every college in Iowa
Compare SAT ranges, admit rates, size, and test policies for colleges across Iowa.
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that report an SAT range
6%
the rest are test-optional or test-flexible
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- Below range
Grinnell15% admitted438 first-years1,729 undergrads$17,648
14101540 - Above range
Oskaloosa52% admitted284 first-years1,301 undergrads$22,601
8801110 - Within range
Dubuque60% admitted74 first-years224 undergrads$13,186
11201320 - Within range
Des Moines64% admitted618 first-years2,543 undergrads$29,127
11101350 - Within range
Cedar Rapids64% admitted303 first-years1,164 undergrads$18,745
10701290 - Above range
Ankeny68% admitted127 first-years405 undergrads$16,282
9901190 - Within range
Sioux Center68% admitted461 first-years1,597 undergrads$25,807
10701330 - Within range
Decorah72% admitted375 first-years1,379 undergrads$23,097
10781406 - Above range
Dubuque72% admitted135 first-years742 undergrads$24,479
9001160 - Within range
Waverly76% admitted402 first-years1,452 undergrads$32,908
9301200 - Above range
Davenport77% admitted383 first-years1,916 undergrads$24,691
9301170 - Within range
Mount Vernon80% admitted288 first-years1,086 undergrads$23,634
11201285 - Within range
Iowa City84% admitted5,208 first-years22,264 undergrads$22,531
11301330 - Above range
Pella86% admitted309 first-years1,070 undergrads$23,377
10561120 - Within range
Dubuque89% admitted307 first-years1,440 undergrads$23,386
9801220 - Within range
Ames89% admitted5,906 first-years25,367 undergrads$18,589
11201360 - Within range
Cedar Falls93% admitted1,546 first-years7,529 undergrads$15,901
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How to read a college's SAT range
- Enrolled, not admitted. The middle 50% counts students who showed up in the fall, so it can run a little below the admitted range.
- Totals are section sums. The Scorecard publishes section ranges; the true total-score 25th percentile is usually a bit higher.
- Test-optional skews high. Only students who sent scores are counted — read the range as the bar for a score worth sending.
- Under ~15% admitted changes the question. There, SAT position alone doesn't predict admission.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data release June 10, 2026. SAT ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled first-year students (Fall 2024 entering class, IPEDS). Total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Applicant counts and year-over-year trends come from the NCES IPEDS Admissions survey; schools report about eighteen months after they admit a class, so the newest complete year is not the current cycle. Ranked lists cover schools with at least 1,000 undergraduates — and, for the trend lists, at least 1,000 applicants in both years — because below those floors one strong year reads as a huge swing. First-year class sizes are the entering class from the IPEDS Admissions survey; undergraduates are total enrollment.