First-Year Student Profile - Who's at Iowa - Undergraduate Admissions

First-Year Student Profile, Fall 2011
In fall 2011, 4,565 new first-year students enrolled at Iowa, making it the largest incoming class in the University's history. (Who else is at Iowa?)

Men/women

	2,108	men (46%)
	2,457	women (54%)
	4,565	Total

Minority students

	305	Hispanic/Latino(a) (6.7%)
	122	Asian American (2.7%)
	119	African American (2.6%)
	7	Native American (0.2%)
	7	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.2%)
	88	Two or more races (1.9%)
	648	Total (14%)

International students

484	international students representing 27 countries (11%)

First-generation students
neither parent/guardian graduated from a four-year college

1,109

first-generation college students (24%)

Residency

2,062	Iowa residents (45%)
2,019	from other states (44%)
484	from other countries (11%)

Admitted to honors

1,060

admitted to UI Honors Program (23%)

ACT scores middle 50%

ACT composite 23-28

SAT scores middle 50%

SAT (combined Critical Reading + Math) 1060-1260

High school GPA

	62% ≥ 3.50 GPA
	95% ≥ 3.00 GPA
	3.61 mean GPA

High school rank

	24.3% ranked in the top 10%
	45.9% ranked in the top 20%
	64.9% ranked in the top 30%
	80.2% ranked in the top 40%
	91.9% ranked in the top 50%

Special UI scholars

	Presidential	20
	Old Gold	375
	Advantage Iowa	405
	National Merit	24
	National Hispanic	7

Housing

92% live in residence halls

Enrollment by college

	Liberal Arts & Sciences	3,925
	Engineering	430
	Business	162
	Nursing	48
	Total:	4,565

Most popular areas of study

Open Major	831 students	18%
Business (Pre-)	618 students	14%
Engineering	430 students	9%
Medicine (Pre-)	219 students	5%
Psychology	201 students	4%
Nursing Interest	179 students	4%
Biology	164 students	4%
Business	162 students	4%
Pharmacy Interest	155 students	3%
English	149 students	3%

High schools

982	high schools represented (86 private)
441	students from private schools (10%)

Iowa high schools
280 high schools and 90 counties represented

	Top Iowa feeder schools:
	West (Iowa City)	83 students
	Valley (West Des Moines)	81 students
	City (Iowa City)	56 students
	Bettendorf	48 students
	Kennedy (Cedar Rapids)	43 students
	Ankeny	42 students
	Johnston	41 students
	Linn-Mar (Marion)	39 students
	Roosevelt (Des Moines)	38 students
	Dowling (West Des Moines)	36 students
	Muscatine	35 students
	Cedar Falls	32 students
	Southeast Polk	32 students
	Prairie (Cedar Rapids)	31 students
	Waukee Community	30 students
	Hempstead	28 students
	Urbandale	27 students
	Pleasant Valley	26 students
	Davenport West	22 students
	Ames	21 students
	Jefferson (Cedar Rapids)	21 students

Out-of-state students
44 states represented

Top feeder states:
Illinois	1,524	students
Minnesota	161	students
Wisconsin	93	students
California	30	students
Missouri	27	students
Ohio	26	students
Texas	25	students
Nebraska	18	students
Michigan	17	students
Florida	15	students

Out-of-state high schools

	Top out-of-state feeder schools:
	Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.)	53 students
	Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.)	31 students
	Lyons Township (LaGrange, Ill.)	28 students
	Naperville Central (Ill.)	25 students
	New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.)	25 students
	Lake Zurich (Ill.)	24 students
	Carmel (Mundelein, Ill.)	22 students
	Warren Township (Gurnee, Ill.)	22 students
	Deerfield (Ill.)	21 students
	Glenbrook North (Northbrook, Ill.)	20 students
	Naperville North (Ill.)	20 students
	Hinsdale Central (Ill.)	19 students
	Saint Charles North (Ill.)	19 students
	Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn, Ill.)	18 students
	Prospect (Ill.)	17 students
	Saint Charles East (Ill.)	17 students
	Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.)	16 students
	Lemont (Ill.)	16 students
	Maine South (Park Ridge, Ill.)	16 students
	Marist (Chicago, Ill.)	16 students