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FINANCIAL AID
  Financial aid handled by:
Central financial aid office at the university

Financial aid web site
http://www.uiowa.edu/financial-aid

Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students in previous academic year:
$  5,968,479

Institutional scholarship money to be distributed to undergraduate business students in current academic year:
$  6,266,902

Scholarships awarded to students in the business program based on:
A combination of need and merit

Other scholarship considerations:
N/A

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Undergraduate business students receiving institutional scholarships for 2009-10 academic year:
38  %

Undergraduate business students with full-tuition scholarships 2009-10:
7  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on merit, 2009-10 year:
44  %

Percentage of institutional scholarship money distributed to business students based on need, 2009-10:
56  %

  Scholarship consideration process:
As part of the admissions application

  School offers guaranteed loans:
No

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PROGRAM BASICS
Institutional freshman retention rate:
83  %

Business students who graduate within four years:
83  %

Business students who graduate within 6 years:
99  %

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Credit hours required for graduation:

Degree: BBA
Hours: 120

Other degree requirements:
The BBA degree requires: a minimum of 120 s.h. of credit, including at least 48 s.h. earned in business courses, at least 60 s.h. earned in nonbusiness courses, 30 s.h. earned after admission to the College, at least 24 s.h. in courses offered by the business college, and at least two-thirds of the semester hours in the student's major must be earned at The University of Iowa. To graduate, B.B.A. students must have a cumulative g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in six different areas.

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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
68

Average class size in business electives:
41

Average class size in non-business electives required for admission to business program:
89

Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 5  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 82  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 13  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
1  %

0  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
107

Electives added in current academic year:

Advanced computer analysis Advanced microeconomics Direct admission seminar International perspectives program seminar Marketing institute field studies Marketing institute seminar I
Marketing institute seminar II First-year seminar: Business Ethics: An Oxymoron? First-year seminar: Video Games as Learning Tools First-year seminar: How to Develop and Launch New Products
First-year seminar: Imagining Utopia - Learning About Economics Through Science Fiction First-year seminar: The Economist's View of Current Events First-year seminar: Outer Space Economics
First-year seminar: Contemporary Topics in Finance First-year seminar: Real Estate and You First-year seminar: Quantitative Analysis in Sports
First-year seminar: Why We Buy First-year seminar: Influence & Persuasion First-year seminar: Exploring Entrepreneurship Honors Seminar: How to Change the World: Principles of Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship

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Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
2004

Leading areas of study:

Accounting

Finance

General Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing


Special programs for business students:
Business Student Ambassadors; Career Leadership Academy; Certificates in Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Risk Mgt. and Insurance; Hawkinson Institute; Honors Program; Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates; Judicial Board; Krause fund; Leadership Certificate; Leadership Community; Leadership Institute; London Program; London Internship; Madrid Internship; Paris Internship, National Conference Attendance; Nonprofit Management Certificate; Tippie Senate; Student Organizations; Study Abroad Programs; Vaughn Scholars. For more information: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/upo/opportunities.

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Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No

Work study opportunities description:

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
Consortium of Universities of Management and Business Analysis (CIMBA) Study Abroad Program in Italy, Corvinus University, the École Supérieure de Commerce in Amiens, Frankfurt Exchange Program, HEC School of Management, London Program, London Internship Program, Madrid Internship Program, Paris Internship Program, The American College of Thessaloniki, The European Business School, Tilburg University Exchange, Vienna Exchange.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

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Volunteer opportunities description:
Opportunities for volunteer work and community service are primarily available through student organizations. Some examples include: Tippie Build (Habitat for Humanity Project), tax preparation for low income individuals and families, and youth entrepreneurship programs.

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

Alpha Kappa Psi American Marketing Association Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma Business and Technology Association
Business Student Ambassadors Delta Sigma Pi Economics Forum
Financial Management Association Gamma Iota Sigma
Hawkeye Sports Business Organization I-Envision: Iowa Entrepreneurial Network
International Business Student Association Multicultural Business Student Association
Phi Beta Lambda Students in Advertising Tippie Optimist Chapter
Tippie Senate Women in Business

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CAMPUS LIFE

Largest on-campus organizations for business students:


Delta Sigma Pi
Alpha Kappa Psi
American Marketing Association
Women in Business
Tippie Optimist chapter

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
No

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
Yes