Iowa: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 4 Iowa campuses here enrolled 64,543 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 21,760 beds of housing, 34 beds per 100 full-time students. University of Iowa has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 19,804.

4campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

64,543full-time students, fall 2024

21,760college-controlled beds, 2024-25

$5,700median typical housing charge, academic year (3 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
University of Iowa Iowa City	26,367	6,563	24.9	19,804	$12,920*
Iowa State University Ames	27,515	10,258	37.3	17,257	$5,700
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls	7,382	3,594	48.7	3,788	$5,158
Drake University Des Moines	3,279	1,345	41	1,934	$6,794

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.