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The University of Iowa and Iowa State dropped in the rankings on the 2025 U.S. News Best College list, but one university remained in the top 100.
While the Wall Street Journal favored Iowa State University as the best public college in the state of Iowa, U.S. News has a different take placing the University of Iowa 23 spots higher.
U.S. News divides its ranking into four categories: national universities, national liberal arts colleges, regional universities and regional colleges. The regional colleges and universities were ranked by region and not compared nationally, the publication said.
Three schools in Iowa made the top 200 for national universities and six made the top 200 for national liberal arts colleges. Grinnell College earned the highest rank of any school on a national list, coming in at No. 19 for national liberal arts colleges.
Which Iowa university ranked the best, according to U.S. News?
The University of Iowa had the best overall rank out of the six Iowa schools included on U.S. News’ 2025 Best College list for national universities at No. 98. But, its ranking did drop from last year, when it ranked No. 93 on the 2024 list.
Iowa State University was the second best out of all the schools listed. Iowa State University also dropped from No. 115 on the 2024 list to No. 121 for 2025, according to the Gazette.
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How did each Iowa university rank?
Here are all of the universities in Iowa that were ranked by U.S. News for 2025:
- University of Iowa: No. 98
- Iowa State University: No. 121
- Drake University: No. 179
- Saint Ambrose University: No. 315
- Clark University: No. 329
- Briar Cliff University: No. 371
The University of Northern Iowa is classified as a regional university, by U.S. News and ranked No. 11 in the Midwest. Dordt University also made the Midwest list at No. 6.
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Which Iowa liberal arts college ranked best?
Grinnell College made the Top 20 for national liberal arts colleges, coming in tied at No. 19 with Middlebury College in Vermont and Washington and Lee University in Virginia.
How did each Iowa liberal arts college rank?
- Grinnell College: No. 19
- Luther College: No. 108
- Central College: No. 126
- Cornell College: No. 132
- Coe College: No. 136
- Wartburg College: No. 158
Simpson College was classified as a regional college by U.S. News and ranked No. 6 in the Midwest. Loras College also made the regional list at No. 12.
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How did other schools do?
Here are the top five universities in America, according to U.S. News.
- Princeton University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- Yale University
Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Register. Reach her at kkealey@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter at @Kkealey17.
TAMA COUNTY, Iowa — A pair of power outages left more than 700 people without power in Tama County Friday afternoon.
Alliant Energy says the larger outage, just north of Garwin, was caused by a semi-truck striking one of their power poles. That outages impacted 690 customers as of 5 p.m. Friday.
The smaller outage impacted roughly 36 people in Tama. The outage was caused by equipment needing repairs.
Alliant says crews are on site and working to fix both outages.
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) – The Iowa Great Lakes community is remembering Leo “Butch” Parks, a longtime lakes-area businessman and founder of Parks Marina.
He died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the age of 81.
Parks established the marina on East Lake Okoboji in 1983, growing it from a small fishing boat operation into a business with marinas, sales, service, rentals, storage, and popular destinations like the Barefoot Bar.
Parks and his wife, Debbie, also owned Okoboji Boat Works for 23 years.
Funeral services are set for Friday, Jan. 16, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. It will be followed by a celebration of life at Snapper’s restaurant in Okoboji that evening.
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Iowa woman accused of pandering for prostitution and harassment after incidents at Casey’s and a daycare
AURELIA, Iowa (KTIV) – A Northwest Iowa woman is facing charges of harassment and pandering for prostitution after two incidents took place in December 2025.
Forty-seven-year-old Kristal Miller of Odebolt was taken into custody on an arrest warrant and faces three charges: one count of pandering for prostitution and two counts of first-degree harassment, according to court documents.
The charges stem from two separate incidents that took place on Thursday, Dec. 18. 2025.
According to court documents, at 6:15 a.m., Miller reportedly went to the Casey’s General Store, located at 100 Pearl St. in Aurelia. Documents state Miller approached an employee and customers, requesting money from them.
Authorities state Miller claimed she was wanted by the FBI and told people, if anyone called the police, “she would kill them.”
During this encounter, she also allegedly asked an employee to remove the string from her hooded sweatshirt. Documents state when the employee refused this request, she threatened to strangle them.
That same day at 7 a.m., Miller reportedly approached a female employee outside an Aurelia daycare and asked them for money.
Court documents stated Miller suggested the unnamed employee leave her boyfriend. Miller reportedly told the employee, if she did, then she and Miller would both be paid.
Authorities say when she was told no by the employee, Miller became upset and started yelling at them.
Miller also allegedly threatened to “steal her car” and ”take her away to her guys to start a new life.”
She was booked into the Cherokee County Jail on a cash-only bond of $5,000. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled in Cherokee for Friday, Jan. 9, at 10 a.m.
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