Iowa, UNI, Iowa State release enrollment numbers

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – All three of Iowa’s public universities have released their enrollment numbers for the Fall 2024 Semester.

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa says the Class of 2028 is its third-largest incoming first-year class on record.

According to enrollment numbers released by the University of Iowa on Thursday, there are 5,208 undergrads in the 2024 incoming class. That’s up from 5,054 undergrads from the year prior.

The university says about 53% of the first-year students are from Iowa, including from 92 of Iowa’s 99 counties. 19% are first-generation students and 16% are from rural areas.

When it comes to overall enrollment, the university says it has 22,738 undergrads, including 1,083 transfer students. There at 6,164 graduate students and 1,877 professional students, brining the University of Iowa total enrollment to 30,779 students.

University of Northern Iowa

The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) says it’s total enrollment for fall 2024 is 9,283 students, which is up 2.9% compared to 2023.

This is the first time since 2009 and 2010 that UNI’s enrollment has increased in consecutive years.

UNI says there is 1,546 students in the incoming freshman class, more than a third of which are first-generation college students.

UNI also boasts 788 new transfer students and 1,567 graduate students.

Iowa State University

Iowa State University (ISU) says it’s also seeing growth when it comes to first-year students.

ISU says it has 30,432 students on campus, including 25,628 undergrads and 5,906 first-year students. ISU says its number of first-year students has increased 16% over the past five years. ISU says 21% of first-year students are first-generation college students.

There are 4,170 graduate students enrolled at ISU and 634 veterinary medicine students.

Iowa State says its students come from all 99 of Iowa counties, all 50 states, and 116 countries.

The 30,432 students enrolled for the fall semester is up 255 students from 2023.

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