Enrollment fell at Iowa’s three public colleges this fall, continuing a years-long decline complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern all reported smaller 2021 enrollment as classes began last month. The University of Iowa reported 31,206 students enrolled this fall, down 394 from last year. Iowa State had a total enrollment of 30,708, down 1,117 from their fall 2020 enrollment, according to a Board of Regents report from last November. The University of Northern Iowa, the smallest of Iowa’s state schools, had 9,231 students enrolled this fall, down 291 students from fall 2020.
