University of Northern Iowa Teaching Programs

Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, University of Northern Iowa is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is University of Northern Iowa?

Contact details for UNI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1227 W 27Th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0005
Phone:	319-273-2311
Website:	www.uni.edu

How Do I Get Into UNI?

You can apply to UNI online at: https://admissions.uni.edu/application

Admission Requirements for UNI

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNI?

UNI has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to UNI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 680. Math scores were between 490 and 650.

UNI received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford University of Northern Iowa?

The overall average net price of UNI is $26,526. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNI, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,417 a year. That adds up to $25,668 over four years for those students.

University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,967 undergraduate students at UNI, with 7,290 being full-time and 677 being part-time.

There are also 1,250 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,290 full-time undergraduates at UNI, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	95
Black or African American	178
Hispanic or Latino	376
White	6,176
International Students	94
Other Races/Ethnicities	371

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at University of Northern Iowa. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 71 countries are represented at UNI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Mexico.

Online Learning at University of Northern Iowa

There are 9 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at UNI. In 2022-2023, 3,940 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 4th 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 UNI majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Early Childhood Education	28%
General Special Education	60%
Reading Teacher Education	56%

University of Northern Iowa Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	281	0	0	281
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	53	0	0	53
Early Childhood Education	38	8	0	46
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	31	2	33
English & Language Arts Education	24	1	0	25
Music Education	25	0	0	25
Social Science Teacher Education	23	1	0	24
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	18	6	0	24
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	23	0	0	23
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	14	0	14
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	14	0	14
Art Education	13	0	0	13
General Special Education	0	10	0	10
Reading Teacher Education	0	9	0	9
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	9	0	9
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education	8	0	0	8
Technology Education	7	0	0	7
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	5	5
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	1	0	1
Modern Language Education	1	0	0	1
Physics Education	1	0	0	1
General Education	0	0	0	0
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	515	104	7	626

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 Feddacheenee under License

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