University Of Iowa

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

The University of Iowa is a public, co-educational research university. The university was established on February 25, 1847 in Iowa City on the bank of the Iowa River. The university stretches across an area of 1,700 acres.

The University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges, which are:

• Carver College of Medicine
• College of Dentistry
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Law
• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Public Health
• Graduate College
• Tippie College of Business

The varsity sports teams of the University of Iowa are called the Hawkeyes and compete in the NCAA Division I's Big Ten conference.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, medicine, music, business and management, media, and art studies.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Iowa participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 76% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 29,152 in 2009-2010 (24,754 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 68% of enrolled students, graduate students are 22%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 10%.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Iowa provides on-campus housing for 5,465 of its 24,754 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Ten Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 244 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 182 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Iowa offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (21 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (173 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,584 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (88 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (93 awarded)

• Dance
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Playwriting and Screenwriting
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (288 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Art Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (360 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (122 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (23 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LAW (221 awarded)

• Comparative Law (LLM, MCL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (1,511 awarded)

• African Studies
• African-American/Black Studies
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Holocaust and Related Studies
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Language Interpretation and Translation
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (87 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (474 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication and Media Studies
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (55 awarded)

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Environmental Health
• Health Services Administration
• International Public Health/International Health
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (213 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer & Ultrasound Technician
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist
• Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist
• Physician Assistant
• Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer

MEDICINE (457 awarded)

• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
• Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy (MS, PhD)
• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Dental Public Health and Education (Cert, MS/MPH, PhD/DPH)
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Gerontology
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
• Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (93 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (346 awarded)

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (204 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (58 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
• Film/Cinema Studies
• Film/Video and Photographic Arts

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (46 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (328 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Biostatistics
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Chemistry
• Epidemiology
• Genetics
• Geology/Earth Science
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Radiation Biology/Radiobiology
• Toxicology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (0 awarded)

• Corrections

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (419 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• School Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling