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University of Northern Iowa Overview

University of Northern Iowa is a public institution situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The location of UNI is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is University of Northern Iowa Known For?

2,302 Undergraduate Awards
$26,526 Avg Cost After Aid
95% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UNI is the doctor's degree.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UNI bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $55,177 a year. That's about 35% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is University of Northern Iowa?

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Contact details for UNI are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1227 W 27Th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0005
Phone: 319-273-2311
Website: www.uni.edu

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How Do I Get Into UNI?

You can apply to UNI online at: https://admissions.uni.edu/application

Admission Requirements for UNI

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 3

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNI?

95% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
1% Submit SAT Scores
Since UNI has an acceptance rate of 95%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to UNI submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 680. Math scores were between 490 and 650.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Northern Iowa  ( 530 to 680 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Northern Iowa  ( 490 to 650 )
200
800
UNI received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

ACT English Scores for University of Northern Iowa  ( 19 to 25 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Northern Iowa  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Northern Iowa?

$26,526 Net Price
46% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UNI is $26,526. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UNI, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,606 a year. That adds up to $26,424 over four years for those students.

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University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Student Diversity

7,632 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 8,289 undergraduate students at UNI, with 7,632 being full-time and 657 being part-time.

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There are also 1,218 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,632 full-time undergraduates at UNI, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Northern Iowa students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 98
Black or African American 179
Hispanic or Latino 366
White 6,382
International Students 141
Other Races/Ethnicities 466

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at University of Northern Iowa. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 71 countries are represented at UNI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Mexico.

University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific 413 17 0 430
Teacher Education Subject Specific 144 20 0 164
Business Administration & Management 120 13 0 133
Finance & Financial Management 125 0 0 125
General Psychology 118 0 0 118
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 93 17 0 110
Social Work 73 32 0 105
Communication Sciences 53 43 0 96
General Biology 71 5 0 76
Health & Physical Education 64 7 0 71
Liberal Arts General Studies 68 0 0 68
Marketing 52 0 0 52
Construction Management 49 0 0 49
Communication & Media Studies 37 10 0 47
Mathematics 24 23 0 47
Design & Applied Arts 46 0 0 46
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 43 0 0 43
Real Estate 38 0 0 38
Criminology 38 0 0 38
Public Relations & Advertising 36 1 0 37
History 36 1 0 37
Teaching English or French 19 15 0 34
Industrial Production Technology 30 3 1 34
Public Health 31 2 0 33
Human Development & Family Studies 31 0 0 31
Allied Health Professions 22 9 0 31
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 26 3 2 31
Computer Science 30 0 0 30
Educational Administration 0 23 6 29
Data Analytics 27 0 0 27
Student Counseling 0 19 5 24
Economics 23 0 0 23
Music 15 8 0 23
General English Literature 17 4 0 21
Fine & Studio Arts 20 0 0 20
General Sales & Marketing 19 0 0 19
Human Resource Management 18 0 0 18
Political Science & Government 16 0 0 16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 15 0 15
Anthropology 15 0 0 15
Drama & Theater Arts 15 0 0 15
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 14 0 0 14
Statistics 14 0 0 14
Sociology 14 0 0 14
Mental & Social Health Services 0 13 0 13
Natural Resources Conservation 12 0 0 12
Graphic Communications 10 0 0 10
Other Health Professions 10 0 0 10
Library & Information Science 0 10 0 10
Biological & Physical Science 8 2 0 10
Physics 10 0 0 10
Criminal Justice & Corrections 10 0 0 10
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 9 0 0 9
Textile & Apparel Studies 9 0 0 9
Public Administration 9 0 0 9
Gerontology 8 0 0 8
Romance Languages 6 1 0 7
Natural Resource Management 7 0 0 7
Religious Studies 7 0 0 7
Chemistry 7 0 0 7
Child Development & Psychology 0 7 0 7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 6 0 0 6
Geography & Cartography 4 2 0 6
Philosophy 5 0 0 5
Geological & Earth Sciences 4 0 0 4
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 3 3
Other Education 3 0 0 3
Ethnic Studies 0 3 0 3
Instructional Media Design 0 1 0 1
Special Education 0 1 0 1
International Studies 1 0 0 1
Accounting 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2,302 330 17 2,649

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.

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