University of Iowa Class of 2026 by the numbers

   The University of Iowa continues to attract high-achieving students. 

   This fall's incoming first-year class has topped previous records with an average high school grade-point average (GPA) of 3.82. The average high school GPA for the classes of 2025 and 2024 were 3.81 and 3.78, respectively.

   It is also the third-largest incoming first-year class on record at 5,178 students, after 5,643 in the fall of 2016 and 5,241 in the fall of 2015.

   About 54% of the incoming first-year class (2,777) are Iowa residents, and about 1% (55) are international students. The class represents 92 of Iowa's 99 counties, 45 U.S. states and territories (as well as Washington, D.C., and bases for the U.S. Armed Forces), and 40 countries. Students from the area are listed below.

Monticello

   Ami Schwendinger, Major: Criminology, Law and Justice

   Kayla Simmons, Major: Psychology

   Emma Sperfslage, Major: Nursing

Anamosa

   Kyra Christensen, Major: Nursing Interest

   Davis Trumm, Major: Business Direct Admission

Cascade

   Ethan Lyons, Major: Computer Science

   Laura Otting, Major: Screenwriting Arts

   Caroline Slaght, Major: Nursing Interest

Bernard

   Isaac Martin, Major: History

Wyoming

   Chiara Dusanek, Major: Pre-Medicine

   Trenton Rickels, Major: Radiation Sciences Interest