by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Northern Iowa was awarded 429 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is elementary education.
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UNI is ranked #199 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
UNI also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Iowa ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, UNI has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 3% 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 490 and 580. Math scores were between 490 and 610.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, University of Northern Iowa is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Northern Iowa is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Northern Iowa enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UNI for first-time, full-time students is 43%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of Northern Iowa.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,289 undergraduates at UNI with 7,632 being full-time and 657 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,513 | $13,175 | $15,287 | $18,318 | $19,089 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNI, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $6,417 a year. That adds up to $25,668 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNI is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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: | https://www.uni.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/universityofnortherniowa |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/northerniowa |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 378 | $38,627 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 141 | $52,123 |
| Business Administration & Management | 139 | $48,934 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 133 | $39,744 |
| General Psychology | 117 | $29,766 |
| General Biology | 87 | $32,840 |
| Social Work | 86 | $31,930 |
| Accounting | 84 | $52,695 |
| Marketing | 79 | $47,222 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 68 | $29,615 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 4,979 students took at least one online class at University of Northern Iowa. This is a decrease from the 7,858 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,979 | 767 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,858 | 909 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,732 | 559 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,754 | 636 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,618 | 588 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Northern Iowa.
Footnotes
*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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