College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

First-Year Applicant Admission Requirements Application Process

Admission requirements
To be admitted to this college, you must:

• Meet the Regent Admission Index (RAI) score requirement:
  
  • Iowa residents must present an RAI score of 245 or higher.
  • Residents of other states must present an RAI score of 255 or higher.
• Meet our Minimum High School Course Requirements.

Application process
Submit a complete application (including your test scores, transcripts, and application). If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, review our International Application Process.

First-Year Student Application Process
(for U.S. citizens and permanent residents)

If your high school does not rank
We will base our admission decision on a holistic review of your application.

• Your high school courses and the grades earned in those courses, your cumulative GPA, course rigor, ACT and/or SAT scores, and any other information that you provide us will be taken into consideration.
• If you are concerned that your academic profile does not accurately reflect your abilities, apply through our Individual Review Process.

If you are a homeschooled applicant
We will conduct a holistic review of materials submitted by Homeschooled Applicants.

If you took the General Educational Development (GED) test
Send us a copy of your GED certificate in addition to any high school transcripts (to supplement your application and ACT or SAT test scores).

If you don't meet our published requirements
Consider our Individual Review Process if you don't meet our published admission standards.

If your first language is not English
If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident whose first language is not English, you must take an English Proficiency Evaluation during your Orientation program.

• Exceptions are made in the cases of applicants who have:
  • An ACT English subscore of 21 or higher (or a combined SAT Critical Reading score of 540 or higher),
  • AND a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 600 and higher on the paper-based test (or 100 and higher on the internet-based test)
• If you think you qualify for an exception, Contact Us.

Undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Sciences
This college awards the Bachelor of Arts (BA), the Bachelor of Science (BS), the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), the Bachelor of Music (BM), and the Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS).

Undergraduate Majors & Programs

General Education Program requirements
All students entering the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) who wish to earn BA, BS, BFA, BLS, or BM degrees must complete the General Education Program in addition to the course work required for their specific major.

General Education Program Requirements (CLAS)