Academics

Undergraduate Education

Offering more than 100 areas of study, Iowa ranks 28th among U.S. public universities in undergraduate education—U.S. News & World Report, 2012 Edition.
Fall 2011 enrollment (undergraduate, graduate and professional): 30,893
The top ten undergraduate majors are business, engineering, psychology, English, biology, interdepartmental studies, communication studies, finance, art and art history, political science.
Our student-to-faculty ratio is 15:1.
Extracurricular options include more than 400 student groups, study abroad options, for-credit internships, innovative honors programs, and opportunities to work with faculty research scholars.
The undergraduate enrollment is 21,565 . The largest college is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, enrolling about 60 percent of the total student body.
2011-12 tuition and fees for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (rates vary for other UI undergraduate colleges) are $7,765 for Iowa residents and $25,099 a year for nonresidents of Iowa. More...
More than 90 percent of first-year students live in one of nine residence halls, paying $8,750 per year for room and board (2011–12). More...

We offer more than 100 areas of study. Twenty-two programs are ranked among the top 10 such programs in the country—U.S. News & World Report.
Professional degree programs include the MBA, the MD, the JD, the DDS, the Master of Laws, and the Master in Nursing and Healthcare Practice. More...
2011–12 tuition and fees for graduate study are $8,982 per year for Iowa residents and $24,340 for non-Iowa residents. (Rates vary for some graduate and all professional programs.) More...

The Division of Continuing Education offers credit and non-credit courses, workshops, and degree programs using a variety of technologies to serve students across Iowa and on campus. More...

Weekend programs and summer camps focus on music, sports, art, science, math, entrepreneurship, wildlife and more, for children age 5 and up. More...

Low-cost, short-term courses for retirees, in which current and retired UI professors take an in-depth and eclectic look at issues and events. More...