U.S. News & World Report

  • #1 College of Education in Iowa
  • #5 Rehabilitation Counseling in nation
  • #18 Higher Education Administration in nation
  • #25 Best Online Master’s Programs in the nation: Master of Arts in Teaching, Leadership, and Cultural Competency and Master of Arts in Educational Leadership
  • #32 College of Education in the nation

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
  • 94% of new graduates were employed or engaged in additional education.
    2024-25 *most recent year for which data is available

Enrollment

  • 1,023 undergraduate students
  • 569 graduate students
  • 80 UI REACH students
  • *Fall 2025 enrollments

Alumni Network

  • 33,232 alumni teaching, leading, and 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 almost 50 new research grants and contracts to 26 faculty members

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

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

UI WILD (Wildlife Instruction and Leadership Development

Iowa Wildlife Camps

  • 1,628 registrations to attend Wildlife Camps 
    (Dec. 2025-Aug. 2026) with 1,043 unique individuals

School of the Wild

  • 6,000+ kids
  • 100+ schools
  • 60 School districts + 11 private, homeschool, or other
  • and 45 counties

Iowa Raptor Project

  • 500,000+ Iowans reached through Iowa Raptor Project ambassadors

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

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