University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA · Public · Small city · Carnegie R1/R2
Public institution in Iowa City, IA · 21,691 undergraduates · 85% acceptance rate · $64,762 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Undergraduates
- Top 14%Full-time retention
- Top 17%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 20%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,3981,217th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,964683rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $32,9271,353rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $26,883803rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $22,500941st lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,762387th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,696432nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 73.1%337th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 89.3%268th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 84.7%1,060th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1220350th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 26270th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 21,69197th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15.0:11,317th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 17.8%1,835th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 188 mi (ORD)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 3
- RDMay 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $55
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 78 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $70,903 | $69,657 |
| Industrial EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $70,776 | $71,351 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $64,687 | $64,581 |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $64,493 | $64,990 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBusiness | bachelors | $63,253 | $62,260 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $59,203 | $59,029 |
| StatisticsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $59,124 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $59,004 | $60,854 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $58,673 | $61,651 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $56,738 | $54,835 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $54,421 | $54,073 |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $53,358 | $56,867 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1847source
- Athletic nickname: "Hawkeyes"source
- Mascot: Herky the Hawksource
- Kinnick Stadium seats about 69,250source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- School colors: #000000 and #CEB888 and #000000source
- Campus size: about 1,880 acressource
- Athletic conference: Big Tensource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
- Football rivalry: Illinois–Iowa (since 1899)source
- Plays for the "Cy-Hawk Trophy" (since 1894)source
- Plays for the "Floyd of Rosedale" (since 1891)source
- Plays for the "Heroes Trophy" (since 1891)source
- Plays for the "Heartland Trophy" (since 1894)source
- Fight song: ""[[Iowa Fight Song]]""source
- Notable alum: Tennessee Williamssource
- Notable alum: Gene Wildersource
- Notable alum: Ashton Kutchersource
- Notable alum: Albert Bandurasource
- Notable alum: John Irvingsource
Athletics — 14 sports
NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $17,173,520 (M $7,802,248 · W $9,371,272)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Wrestling: 2021, 2010, 2009, 2008
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websiteuiowa.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 153658)
- Compare colleges in IARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in IowaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: University of Iowa vs Iowa State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 14 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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