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Welcome to Institutional Effectiveness (IE)

IE is dedicated to advancing Iowa Western’s mission, vision, and core values through data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. Our major projects include accreditation compliance, program review, assessment, comprehensive reporting, and data projects. We want to make data easily accessible and usable for everyone.

Data Dashboard

Official Credit Full-Year Enrollment

YearHead Count% ChangeCredit Hours% Change
202587460.10%1209130.50%
202487405.20%1202715.00%
202383081.20%114574-3.00%
20228210-1.80%118061-1.10%
20218357-6.90%119365-4.10%
Enrollment data taken from the 2025 Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report.

Percentage Change in Head Count
IWCC 5-Year Average: 1.1%
State 5-Year Average: 1.30%

Percentage Change in Credit Hours
IWCC 5-Year Average: 0.30%
State 5-Year Average: 1.30%

Fall & Spring Head Count by Year

Line Graph showing Fall Enrollment Head Count by Year, 2019 Fall through 2024 Fall
Fall Enrollment Head Count by Year
Line Graph showing Spring Enrollment Head Count by Year, 2019 Spring through 2024 Spring
Spring Enrollment Head Count by Year

Joint Enrollment

YearHead Count% ChangeCredit Hours% Change
202531386.70%370449.50%
202429414.10%3382012.80%
202328248.00%2999210.50%
202226150.90%271486.70%
202125940.60%254522.20%
Joint enrollment data taken from the 2025 Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report.

Percentage Change in Head Count
IWCC 5-Year Average: +4.90%
State 5-Year Average: +5.2%

Percentage Change in Credit Hours
IWCC 5-Year Average: +9.80%
State 5-Year Average: +7.5%

Graduation, Transfer & Success Rates

YearGraduation Rates% ChangeTransfer Rates% ChangeSuccess Rates% Change
202543.60%0.80%31.20%-0.10%58.80%4.1%
202442.80%-0.60%31.30%1.10%54.80%0.20%
202343.40%7.30%30.20%2.60%54.60%7.20%
202236.20%3.10%27.60%-1.30%47.40%1.70%
202133.10%5.20%28.90%3.60%45.60%6.20%
Graduation, transfer, and success data taken from the 2025 Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report.

Percentage Change in Graduation Rate
IWCC 5-Year Average: +7.10%
State 5-Year Average: + 2.80%

Percentage Change in Transfer Rate
IWCC 5-Year Average: +2.00%
State 5-Year Average: -0.10%

Percentage Change in Success Rate
IWCC 5-Year Average: +6.60%
State 5-Year Average: + 2.50%

Official Non-Credit Enrollment

YearHead Count% ChangeCredit Hours% Change
2025766030.60%27581525.10%
20245864-22.30%2205249.60%
202375486.30%2011718.80%
202271002.00%1848153.60%
20216963-10.00%1784423.70%
Non-credit data taken from the 2025 Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report.

Percentage Change in Head Count
IWCC 5-Year Average: 2.40%
State 5-Year Average: 2.40%

Percentage Change in Credit Hours
IWCC 5-Year Average: +11.50%
State 5-Year Average: +11.20%

Financial Health

Image shows a line graph of IWCC's CFI from 2019 to 2024
Image of CFI from 2019 to 2024.
YearIncluding GASBExcluding GASB
20264.504.55
20253.954.05
20244.834.78
20234.374.44
20223.073.58
20214.374.85
20203.283.69
20193.333.77
CFI data is reported annually to HLC. CFIs are on a scale from -4 to 10. A CFI of 1.1 to 10 is considered a positive index score and no action is required.

Data Reports & Resources

External Iowa Western Data

Prepared Reports

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Contact

For more information regarding the data on this page, please contact

Dean of Institutional Effectiveness

Camie McBee

E-mail: cmcbee@iwcc.edu

Institutional Researcher

Sean Toppi

E-mail: stoppi@iwcc.edu