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Quick Facts

Enrollment: 6,000 Graduate Students (29,000 total students campus-wide)

Degree Programs: More than 100 graduate degree programs; almost 60 leading to the doctorate. The Graduate College awards more than 30 percent of degrees conferred campus-wide. The Graduate College also offers interdisciplinary programs that link scholarship across disciplines.

The Graduate College is one of 11 colleges at The University of Iowa. The Graduate College oversees graduate programs in every college except law. The 11 college are: Business Administration, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law, Liberal Arts, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and the Graduate College.

Financial Support: More than 80% of Graduate College budget is allotted for stipends, fellowships and tuition scholarships.

Diversity: Enrolls students from every Iowa county, all fifty states, two U.S. possessions, and 113 foreign countries.

Research Funding: About $360 million annually.

Graduate Faculty: Approximately 1,700 full-time faculty members.

Facilities: A 1,900-acre campus housing more than 130 major campus buildings.  UI has the state's largest library system, with more than 4 million volumes, 200,000 rare books, 15,000 linear feet of manuscripts and more than 11,000 electronic journals.  UI Libraries is ranked 18th for overall holdings among the country's public research universities.

Location: Our campus lies along the Iowa River in Iowa City/Coralville, which is within 300 miles of Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. Served by national and regional airlines, the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is a 20-minute drive from campus.