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Enrollment, Fall 2007
Overview
- Total enrollment at the University was 30,409 for the first semester of the 2007-2008 academic year.
- The student body is composed of 20,907 undergraduate students, 5,482 graduate students, and 4,020 professional students.
- 81% of University of Iowa students are enrolled full-time.
- Over 52% of the students are women.
- The largest college is Liberal Arts, enrolling 54.2% of the total student body.
- Iowa residents comprise 62.2% of the total enrollment; 23.2% of the total reside in adjoining states; and 6.5% reside in foreign countries. Students come to the University from every Iowa county, all fifty states, two U.S. possessions, and 110 foreign countries.
Minority Enrollment
Minority enrollment comprises 9.3% of the total enrollment:
- African American 2.4%
- Asian 3.8%
- Latino(a) 2.7%
- Native American 0.5%
Top ten undergraduate majors
- Business (1,752 students)
- Engineering (1,300)
- Psychology (1,130)
- English (844)
- Communication Studies (840)
- Biology (693)
- Political Science (532)
- Art & Art History (483)
- Nursing (467)
- History (422)
Most common graduate majors
- Education (606 students)
- Engineering (340)
- Public Health (281)
- Social Work (266)
- Nursing (265)
- Music (216)
- Business (non-MBA) (135)
- Chemistry (139)
- English (110)
- Physical Therapy (106)
For complete enrollment statistics see the Office of the Registrar for the current Profile of Students.
Four-Year Graduation Rate
Placement Rates
Iowa graduates have high rates of job placement and acceptance into graduate school. Here are some prime examples:
- The College of Pharmacy typically has a 100% placement rate.
- 99% of the College of Law's graduating class of 2006 were employed within nine months of graduation.
- 98% of College of Engineering students who graduated in May 2006 accepted jobs or were admitted to graduate school.
- 96% of Tippie College of Business graduates in May 2005 were placed in jobs or graduate programs.
- 96% of the May 2006 College of Education graduates are now working or attending graduate school.
- 100% of the College of Nursing's graduates are typically employed within six months of graduation.
- 89% of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduates from 2004-2005 found permanent jobs, were pursuing further education, or were not seeking employment for other reasons.
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