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Largest registered nursing programs in Iowa
Iowa registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy College of Health Sciences | Des Moines | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 325 |
| 2 | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Public, 4-year | 232 |
| 3 | Des Moines Area Community College | Ankeny | Public, 2-year | 181 |
| 4 | Kirkwood Community College | Cedar Rapids | Public, 2-year | 144 |
| 5 | Eastern Iowa Community College District | Davenport | Public, 2-year | 125 |
| 6 | Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo | Public, 2-year | 122 |
| 7 | Allen College | Waterloo | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 112 |
| 8 | Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs | Public, 2-year | 110 |
| 9 | Saint Ambrose University | Davenport | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 95 |
| 10 | Western Iowa Tech Community College | Sioux City | Public, 2-year | 86 |
| 11 | Iowa Central Community College | Fort Dodge | Public, 2-year | 80 |
| 12 | Northeast Iowa Community College | Calmar | Public, 2-year | 74 |
| 13 | Mount Mercy University | Cedar Rapids | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 71 |
| 14 | Graceland University-Lamoni | Lamoni | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 63 |
| 15 | St Luke's College | Sioux City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 60 |
| 16 | Southeastern Community College | West Burlington | Public, 2-year | 50 |
| 17 | Luther College | Decorah | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 18 | Upper Iowa University | Fayette | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 46 |
| 19 | Northwest Iowa Community College | Sheldon | Public, 2-year | 39 |
| 20 | North Iowa Area Community College | Mason City | Public, 2-year | 35 |
| 21 | Grand View University | Des Moines | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 34 |
| 22 | Southwestern Community College | Creston | Public, 2-year | 33 |
| 23 | Northwestern College | Orange City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 30 |
| 24 | Marshalltown Community College | Marshalltown | Public, 2-year | 27 |
| 25 | Briar Cliff University | Sioux City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 25 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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