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University of Iowa
Iowa publishes 80% (Fall 2025). In-state applicants got in at 85%; international at 42%.
Acceptance rate
84%
College Scorecard, latest cycle
SAT middle 50%
1130–1330
Section 25th–75th, summed
ACT middle 50%
21–28
Avg. HS GPA
3.86
Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, section C12)
Test policy
Not published
Regular deadline
Not published
Acceptance rate
What Iowa's 80% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Iowa reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at Iowa
- SAT middle 50%
- 1130–1330sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 21–28
- Average HS GPA
- 3.86Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, section C12) · Source
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 22,264
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $33,371
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- uiowa.edu
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Sources
- Iowa GPA (Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, section C12))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
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