<p>^^^</p>
<p>You have found the only 3 LACs in Iowa with better stats than UIowa.Iowa has 20 LACs. Almost all ARE below the academic level of the flagships. Iowa only has one other public university and it is lower than U Iowa and ISU, that is why I compared them to flagships.</p>
<p>I grew up in a small town. If you go to Iowa…you are just a number, you are in the Peoples Republic of Johnson County, etc. If you go to Buena Vista…great school, congratulations. Obviously, this s not always the case but it is prevalent in rural Iowa especially if neither parent attended a flagship.</p>