| Screen last updated on: December 2016 |
| Semester/term begin dates: |
in late August and late January. |
| Calendar system: |
semester system (two terms comprise academic year) |
| Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: |
Orientation for new students held in April, May, June, July, August, November, December, and January. |
| Number and length of summer sessions: |
Three summer sessions, one of three weeks, one of six weeks, and one of eight weeks. |
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| Majors with the highest enrollment: |
finance, psychology, communication studies |
| Majors with the lowest enrollment: |
Portuguese, Italian, African American world studies |
| Average freshman GPA: |
3 on a 4.0 scale |
| Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: |
85% |
| Student:Faculty ratio: |
15:1 |
| Total faculty: |
1055 men, 509 women |
| Full-time faculty: |
973 men, 461 women |
| Part-time faculty: |
82 men, 48 women |
| Graduation rate: |
70% within six years |
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| General education/core curriculum is required: |
yes |
| Minor requirements: |
not required for graduation |
| Physical education is required: |
no |
| There are religious requirements for graduation: |
no |
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| Special programs offered: |
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student-designed majors, double majors, dual degrees, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, Phi Beta Kappa, pass/fail grading option, internships, distance learning, external degree program |
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| Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered: |
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Minors offered in 53 bachelor's majors and in aging, American Indian/Native studies, American sign language, Arabic, business administration, educational psychology, global health, Greek, human relations, Latin/American studies, Latin, and mass communications. |
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| Preprofessional programs offered: |
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pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-pharmacy, pre-dentistry, pre-optometry, chiropractic medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry |
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| Education certifications are offered: |
yes |
| Education certifications: |
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elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, special education, bilingual/bicultural |
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| Cooperative programs are offered: |
yes |
| Cooperative education programs: |
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business, engineering |
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| Combined 2-2 programs available: |
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2-2 programs in accounting, American studies, anthropology, communication studies, computer science, economics, English, ethics/public policy, finance, geoscience, history, management, management information systems, marketing, philosophy, political science, psychology, recreation/sport business, religious studies, social work, sociology, and theatre arts. |
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| Combined 3-2 programs available: |
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3-2 programs in biochemistry, computer science, education, engineering, epidemiology, German, law, linguistics, microbiology, occupational/environmental health, public health, and urban/regional planning. |
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| Graduate schools/programs are offered: |
yes |
| Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: |
yes |
| Domestic off-campus semester-away programs: |
Sea Semester, UN Semester |
| Study abroad opportunities: |
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Study abroad in Africa, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal. the Philippines, Russia, Saint Lucia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. |
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| Other special or unique academic programs: |
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On Iowa!. Courses in Common program. Four-year graduation plan. Diversity Resources. First-Generation Resources. First-year seminars. Pick One Program. College Transition Course. Online@Iowa. Mathematics Incentive Program. Furthering Language Incentive Program. |
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| Army ROTC: |
offered on-campus |
| Navy ROTC: |
not offered |
| Air Force ROTC: |
offered on-campus |
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Bachelor's Degrees
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- African-American World Studies
- American Indian Studies
- American Studies
- Ancient Civilizations
- Ancient/Classical Greek
- Anthropology
- Applied Health/Human Physiology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Art
- Art History
- Asian Languages/Literatures
- Astronomy
- Athletic Training
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Business
- Business Administration/Management
- Chemical/Biochemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Cinema
- Civil/Environmental Engineering
- Classical Languages
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Communication Studies
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Dance
- Economics
- Electrical/Computer Engineering
- Elementary Education
- Engineering
- English
- Environmental Policy/Planning
- Environmental Sciences
- Ethics/Public Policy
- Exercise Science
- Finance
- French
- Gender/Women's/Sexuality Studies
- Geography
- Geoscience
- German
- History
- Human Physiology
- Industrial/Management Engineering
- Informatics
- Interdepartmental Studies
- International Relations
- Italian
- Journalism/Mass Communications
- Latin American Studies
- Leisure Studies/Child Life
- Leisure Studies/Recreation/Sport Business
- Leisure Studies/Therapeutic Recreation
- Liberal Studies
- Linguistics
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Lab Science
- Microbiology
- Music
- Music Therapy
- Nuclear Medicine Technology
- Nursing
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Physics/Applied Physics
- Political Science
- Portuguese
- Psychology
- Radiation Sciences
- Religious Studies
- Russian
- Science Education
- Secondary Education
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech/Hearing Sciences
- Sport Studies
- Statistics
- Theatre Arts
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Doctorates
- American Studies
- Anatomy
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematical/Computational Sciences
- Art Education
- Art History
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biostatistics
- Business Administration
- Chemical/Biochemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil/Environmental Engineering
- Classics
- Combinatorics/Optimization
- Communication Studies
- Community/Behavioral Health
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Counseling Psychology
- Economics
- Education
- Educational Leadership
- Educational Measurement/Statistics
- Educational Psychology
- Electrical/Computer Engineering
- Elementary Education
- English
- Epidemiology
- Exercise Science
- Film Studies
- Film/Video Productions
- Finance
- Foreign Language/ESL
- Free Radical/Radiation Biology
- French/Francophone World Studies
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geoscience
- German
- Health Management/Policy
- Health Services/Policy Analysis
- Health/Sport Studies
- Higher Education/Student Affairs
- History
- Human Toxicology
- Immunology
- Industrial Engineering
- Informatics
- Integrative Physiology
- Language/Literacy/Culture
- Linguistics
- Management Sciences
- Management/Organizations
- Marketing
- Mass Communications
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
- Mechanical Engineering
- Microbiology
- Molecular Physiology/Biophysics
- Molecular/Cellular Biology
- Music
- Nursing
- Occupational/Environmental Health
- Oral Science
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Physical Rehabilitation Science
- Physical Therapy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychological/Quantitative Foundations
- Psychology
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Religious Studies
- School Psychology
- Schools/Culture/Society
- Science Education
- Second Language Acquisition
- Social Studies Education
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Special Education
- Speech Pathology/Audiology
- Statistical Genetics
- Statistics
- Teaching/Learning
- Translational Biomedicine
- Women's Studies
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| Credit placement options: |
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- credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 3 or higher)
- credit for CLEP general
- credit for CLEP subject
- neither credit nor placement for Regents College Exams (RCE)
- neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
- neither credit nor placement for DANTES
- credit and/or placement for school's own challenge exams
- neither credit nor placement for relevant military experience
- neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
- credit and/or placement for international baccalaureate
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| Other credit/placement programs: |
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Math and foreign language incentive programs. |
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