List of college athletic programs in Iowa
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Iowa.

Drake
Iowa
Iowa State
Northern Iowa
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Iowa.
– FBS Football,
– FCS Football
| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Soccer | |||||||
| M | W | M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs | Drake University | Des Moines | Missouri Valley | FCS [a] | ||||||||
| Iowa Hawkeyes | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Big Ten | FBS | ||||||||
| Iowa State Cyclones | Iowa State University | Ames | Big 12 | FBS | ||||||||
| Northern Iowa Panthers | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls | Missouri Valley | FCS [b] | ||||||||
- ^ Drake's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
- ^ Northern Iowa's football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Upper Iowa
Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Iowa.
| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Soccer | |||||||
| M | W | M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Upper Iowa Peacocks | Upper Iowa University | Fayette | Great Lakes Valley | |||||||||

Buena Vista
Central
Coe
Cornell
Dubuque
Grinnell
Loras
Luther
Simpson
Wartburg
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Iowa.
| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Soccer | |||||||
| M | W | M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Buena Vista Beavers | Buena Vista University | Storm Lake | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Central Dutch | Central College | Pella | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Coe Kohawks | Coe College | Cedar Rapids | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Cornell Rams | Cornell College | Mount Vernon | Midwest | |||||||||
| Dubuque Spartans | University of Dubuque | Dubuque | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Grinnell Pioneers | Grinnell College | Grinnell | Midwest | |||||||||
| Loras Duhawks | Loras College | Dubuque | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Luther Norse | Luther College | Decorah | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Simpson Storm | Simpson College | Indianola | American Rivers | |||||||||
| Wartburg Knights | Wartburg College | Waverly | American Rivers | |||||||||

Briar Cliff
Clarke
Dordt
Graceland
Grand View
Morningside
Mount Mercy
Northwestern
St. Ambrose
Waldorf
William Penn
Full NAIA member colleges in Iowa.
- ^ Graceland additionally sponsors flag football as a women's varsity sport and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ St. Ambrose's football team competes in the Mid-States Football Association.
- ^ a b Waldorf's soccer teams compete as independents.
† Eastern Iowa Community College District - Clinton (volleyball, men's basketball only), Muscatine (baseball, softball), Scott (golf, soccer only).
‡ All seven DMACC campuses (Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Des Moines, Newton, Urban [Des Moines] & West Des Moines campuses) play at Boone.
| Team | School | City | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmaus Eagles | Emmaus University | Dubuque | Independent |
| Faith Baptist Eagles | Faith Baptist Bible College | Ankeny | Independent |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions