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University of Northern Iowa

University information
NameUniversity of Northern Iowa
MottoI am UNI
Established1876
TypePublic
Endowment$65.8 M
PresidentDr. Benjamin Allen
Faculty800
Under graduates11147
Post graduates1933
CityCedar Falls
StateIowa
CountryUSA
CampusUrban, 900 acre (3.6 km2)
Athletics16 Varsity Sports
ColorsPurple   and Gold  
Athletic nicknamePanthers
MascotTC Panther & TK (The Kitten) Panther
Websitewww.uni.edu

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The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a college located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 120 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral sciences, and graduate college.

UNI has consistently been named one of the "Best in the Midwest" in the Princeton Review Best 351 College Rankings guide, and has ranked second in Midwest top public comprehensive universities by U.S. News and World Report for twelve consecutive years. UNI's accounting program has consistently ranked in the top 10 universities in the nation for the pass rate of first-time candidates on the CPA Exam.

Class sizes at UNI average around 32 students; they are mostly taught by faculty, not teaching assistants. Tenured and tenure-track faculty teach 75 percent of UNI's classes. The Fall 2009 enrollment is 13,080, including 11,147 undergraduate students and 1,933 graduate students. Ninety-two percent of its students are from the State of Iowa, in the United States.

For students interested in studying abroad, UNI is ranked fourth in the nation for the total number of students who study abroad among master's degree institutions, according to Open Doors 2002, the annual report on international education published by the Institute of International Education.


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