Hunter
09/13/25
University of Iowa officials have reported the second-largest incoming class of first-year students this fall.
The Daily Iowan reports 5561 students joined the Hawkeye community, second only to the 5643 first-years who enrolled in 2016.
The incoming fall 2025 class also boasts one of the highest average high school grade-point averages of an incoming class at the UI, with an average GPA of 3.86, beating the 3.83 average high school GPA of the two previous classes.
52 percent of the incoming class consists of Iowa residents, representing 93 of its 99 counties. Students from 47 U.S. states and territories, and 36 countries joined the UI this semester.
The application pool was the largest in UI history, with 31,454 students vying for a spot on campus.