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First-Year Student Enrollment, Fall 2007

Enrollment by College
Iowa Residents Nonresidents
Liberal Arts and Sciences
3,875
2,236 (58%)

1,639 (42%)

Engineering
306
168 (55%)
138 (45%)
Business*
82
37 (45%)
45 (55%)
Nursing*
24
8 (33%)
16 (67%)
Total
4,287
2,449 (57%)
1,838 (43%)

* Honors early admission

Men/Women

  • 1,941 Men (45%)
  • 2,346 Women (55%)

Minority students

166  
Asian American (3.9%)
127   Latino(a) (3.0%)
107   African American (2.5%)
18   Native American (0.4%)
418   Total (9.8%)

First-generation students

  • 1,230 (29%)

International students

  • 59 (1.4%)
  • 14 countries represented

Admitted to honors

  • 753 (17%)

ACT scores (middle 50%)

  • Liberal arts and Sciences ACT composite 22-27
  • Engineering ACT composite 25-30
  • All first-year students ACT composite 23-27

SAT I scores (middle 50%)

  • Liberal arts and Sciences SAT combined 1070-1290
  • Engineering SAT combined 1210-1380
  • All first-year students SAT combined 1090-1300

High school GPA

  • 57.7% ≥ 3.50 GPA
  • 92.7% ≥ 3.00 GPA
  • 3.56 mean GPA

High school rank

  • 23.4% ranked in the top 10%
  • 44.4% ranked in the top 20%
  • 63.6% ranked in the top 30%
  • 81.0% ranked in the top 40%
  • 93.4% ranked in the top 50%

Special UI scholars

  • 20 Presidential
  • 256 Old Gold
  • 225 Advantage Iowa
  • 20 National Merit
  • 1 National Achievement

Most popular areas of study

Open Major
784 students (18%)
Business (Pre-) 683 students (16%)
Engineering 306 students (7%)
Medicine (Pre-) 205 students (5%)
Nursing Interest 194 students (5%)
Pharmacy Interest 190 students (4%)
Biology 158 students (4%)
Journalism (Pre-) 137 students (3%)
Psychology 137 students (3%)
English 128 students (2%)

Housing

  • 94% live in residence halls

High schools

  • 844 represented (74 private)
  • 395 students from private schools (9.2%)

Iowa high schools most frequently represented
The top Iowa feeder schools include 318 high schools representing 96 counties.

West (Iowa City) 99 students
Valley (West Des Moines) 94 students
City (Iowa City) 76 students
Linn-Mar (Marion) 52 students
Washington (Cedar Rapids) 50 students
Bettendorf 49 students
Ankeny 48 students
Jefferson (Cedar Rapids) 43 students
Muscatine 41 students
Kennedy (Cedar Rapids) 40 students
Central (Davenport) 39 students
Johnston 36 students
Ames 32 students
West (Waterloo) 32 students
Pleasant Valley 31 students
West (Davenport) 31 students
Dowling (West Des Moines) 29 students
Urbandale 28 students
Cedar Falls 27 students
Hempstead 26 students
Roosevelt (Des Moines) 22 students

Other states most frequently represented
The first-year class includes students from 40 states other than Iowa. The top feeder states include:

Illinois 1,349 students
Minnesota 137 students
Wisconsin 106 students
Missouri 22 students
Texas 17 students
Nebraska 16 students
California 15 students
Colorado 13 students
Ohio 13 students
Indiana 13 students
Pennsylvania 12 students

Out-of-state high schools most frequently represented

Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) 51 students
Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.) 35 students
Lake Zurich (Ill.) 25 students
Conant (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) 24 students
Naperville Central (Ill.) 24 students
Buffalo Grove (Ill.) 23 students
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.) 21 students
Highland Park (Ill.) 20 students
Naperville North (Ill.) 20 students
Lyons Township (LaGrange, Ill.) 19 students
Marist (Chicago, Ill.) 19 students
Batavia (Ill.) 18 students
Libertyville (Ill.) 18 students
Maine Township South (Park Ridge, Ill.) 18 students
Prospect (Ill.) 18 students
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