University of Iowa Teaching Programs

University of Iowa is a public institution situated in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa City is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is University of Iowa?

Contact details for Iowa are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1316
Phone:	319-335-3500
Website:	www.uiowa.edu

How Do I Get Into Iowa?

You can apply to Iowa online at: admissions.uiowa.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Iowa

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Iowa?

Iowa has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to Iowa submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 560 and 670.

Iowa received ACT scores from 63% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford University of Iowa?

The overall average net price of Iowa is $37,424. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Iowa, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $9,106 a year. That adds up to $36,424 over four years for those students.

University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 21,608 undergraduate students at Iowa, with 19,748 being full-time and 1,860 being part-time.

There are also 8,301 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,748 full-time undergraduates at Iowa, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Iowa students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	964
Black or African American	575
Hispanic or Latino	1,691
White	14,686
International Students	530
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,302

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at University of Iowa. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 105 countries are represented at Iowa. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at University of Iowa

In 2022-2023, 17,497 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Iowa has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Iowa majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Other Education	19%

University of Iowa Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	113	0	0	0	113
General Education	0	0	52	0	52
English & Language Arts Education	21	0	8	0	29
Science Education	9	0	15	4	28
Social Studies Education	20	0	2	0	22
Other Education	0	0	21	0	21
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	14	4	18
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	18	0	0	18
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	0	15	2	17
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	0	11	5	16
Educational Statistics & Research Methods	0	0	8	8	16
Music Education	16	0	0	0	16
Modern Language Education	5	0	2	4	11
Learning Sciences	0	7	1	0	8
Art Education	6	0	1	0	7
Mathematics Education	4	0	2	0	6
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	0	0	4	4
General Special Education	0	0	3	1	4
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	1	0	0	1
Educational Assessment, Testing, & Measurement	0	0	0	1	1
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	1	0	1
Teacher Education	0	0	0	1	1
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0
Other Educational Assessment, Evaluation, & Research	0	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	0	0	0	0	0
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	0	0	0	0
Secondary Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	194	26	156	34	410

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By KMSatoh202 under License

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