Rankings
U.S. News & World Report
#1 College of Education in Iowa
# 5 in the nation
Rehabilitation Counseling
#18 in the nation
Higher Education Administration
#25 in the nation
Best Online Master of Arts in Education
#32 in the nation
Ranked College of Education overall
Student Success
11:1 student to faculty ratio
$1 million+ in scholarships for academic excellence and financial need
57% of new M.A. and Ph.D students employed in Iowa
74% of new undergraduates are employed in Iowa
Placement Rates
More than 94% of new graduates were employed or engaged in additional education
*2024-25 most recent year for which data is available
Enrollments
1,023 undergraduate students
569 graduate students
80 UI REACH students
Fall 2025
Alumni Network
33,232 alumni teaching, leading, counseling in all 50 states (plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), and 77 countries
Research and Outreach
142 Books and journal articles
$13.4 Million awarded in more than 50 new research grants and contracts to 26 faculty members
Scanlan Center for School Mental Health
41.5% Iowa K-12 school districts reached through professional development and clinical services
1,709 K-12 educators and school staff engaged in professional development webinars, workshops, and customized trainings
1,073 Counseling and child psychiatry sessions facilitated (912 individual counseling appointments, 50 group appointments, 70 child psychiatry appointments, 41 diagnostic intake appointments)
*Reporting timeline: Oct. 1, 2024-Dec. 31, 2025
Iowa Reading Research Center
8,000+ educators participated in IRRC professional development and technical assistance services
Nearly 600 participants in the Iowa Science of Reading Summit
18,000 active users of the IRRC's LIFTER handwriting instructional materials
Belin-Blank Center
270 educators earned 519 credit hours across 41 courses
592 students took 959 AP courses across 54 Iowa counties through IOAPA
645 student programs participants
4161 outreach participants
496 therapy/consult sessions, 108 assessments
Iowa Testing Programs
349,830 Iowa students in grades 3-11 took the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP)
1,165,451 tests in language/writing, reading, mathematics, and science were administered (ISASP)
38,397 educators completed the test security training prior to the ISASP administration
251 educators contributed to the development and review of new testing materials, and to the scoring of student responses
UI WILD
(Wildlife Instruction and Leadership Development)
School of the Wild
6,000+ kids, from 100+ schools in 60 School districts + 11 private, homeschool, or other and serving 45 counties
Iowa Wildlife Camps
1,628 registrations to attend Wildlife Camps
(Dec. 2025-Aug. 2026) with 1,043 unique individuals
Iowa Raptor Project
500,000+ Iowans reached through Iowa Raptor Project ambassadors
Together Hawkeyes
7,340 gifts of $1000 or less
2,336 total donors have gifted
$62,450,684 toward our goal of $80M
78.1% as of 7/16/2026
