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Iowa Liberal Arts Colleges

There are 21 liberalarts colleges located throughout Iowa (2 public colleges and 19 private colleges), serving 114,887 students.

Iowa Liberal Arts College by County:

Town
College
# Students
  
1,400
  Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy University
(Private not-for-profit)
1,810
  Cedar Rapids
Coe College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,367
  Clinton
Ashford University
(Private for-profit)
77,734
  Decorah
Luther College
(Private, non-profit)
2,519
  Des Moines
Grand View University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,233
  Dubuque
Clarke University
(Private, non-profit)
1,191
  Dubuque
Loras College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,537
  Fayette
Upper Iowa University
(Private not-for-profit)
5,178
  Grinnell
Grinnell College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,674
  Indianola
Simpson College
(Private, non-profit)
2,039
  Lamoni
Graceland University-lamoni
(Private not-for-profit)
2,222
  Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
(Private, non-profit)
650
  Mount Vernon
Cornell College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,174
  Orange City
Northwestern College (orange City)
(Private not-for-profit)
1,241
  Oskaloosa
William Penn University
(Private not-for-profit)
1,847
  Pella
Central College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,486
  Sioux City
1,150
  Sioux City
Morningside College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,224
  Storm Lake
Buena Vista University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,464
  Waverly
Wartburg College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,747

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