THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA G-14

Iowa City, IA 52242-1316
Tel: (319)335-3500
Free: 800-553-4692
Admissions: (319)335-3847
Fax: (319)335-1535
E-mail: admissions@uiowa.edu
Web Site: http://www.uiowa.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1847. Setting: 1,900-acre small town campus. Endowment: $304.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $217.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $10,313 per student. Total enrollment: 28,442. Faculty: 1,713 (1,622 full-time, 91 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 13,874 applied, 83% were admitted. 22% from top 10% of their high school class, 52% from top quarter, 91% from top half. 25 National Merit Scholars, 168 valedictorians. Full-time: 17,879 students, 54% women, 46% men. Part-time: 2,256 students, 54% women, 46% men. Students come from 51 states and territories, 68 other countries, 30% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 9% 25 or older, 28% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 81% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences and history; communications/communication technologies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Iowa State University of Science and Technology, University of Northern Iowa, Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, rank in top 50% for residents, rank in top 30% for nonresidents, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 4/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. State resident tuition: $4890 full-time, $204 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,276 full-time, $678 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $722 full-time, $361 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program. College room and board: $6560. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 408 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 9% of eligible men and 13% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Association of Students of Engineering, Association of Residence Halls, Newman Center, Friendship Association of Chinese Scholars, May Co. Major annual events: River Fest Annual Spring Festival, Homecoming, Dance Marathon. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 5,600 college housing spaces available; 5,515 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. Main Library plus 12 others with 4 million books, 6.6 million microform titles, 44,644 serials, 267,192 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $24.1 million. 1,200 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Greater Iowa City (population 70,085) is located in eastern Iowa. Major transportation facilities are accessible. The university hospital and medical and scientific research departments make Iowa City an important medical center for the area and state. Public and historical libraries and museums, churches of most denominations, hospitals, and civic, fraternal, and veterans' organizations are a part of the community.