International Studies at University of Iowa

If you are interested in studying international studies, you may want to check out the program at University of Iowa. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,998 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Iowa in 2021, 25 of them were international studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in International Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa International Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies

Iowa International Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks international studies programs across the country. The following shows how Iowa performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The international studies major at Iowa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	108

Earnings of Iowa International Studies Graduates

The median salary of international studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa is $21,136. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $29,348 for all international studies students.

International Studies Student Demographics at Iowa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the international studies majors at University of Iowa.

Iowa International Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in International Studies from Iowa in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in international studies at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its international studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a bachelor's in international studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Iowa also has a doctoral program available in international studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Systems Theory
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Data Science
• Medieval Studies
• Gerontology

Careers That International Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in international studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.