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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
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