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Iowa: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 30	3,046,355	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	24.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.7%	26.4%
65 and older	14.9%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 30	3,046,355	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	24.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.7%	26.4%
65 and older	14.9%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	1.7%	4.8%
Black	2.9%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	91.3%	72.4%
More than one race	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	5.0%	16.3%
Other	1.8%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.0%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	6.0%	8.7%
High-school diploma	34.4%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	21.2%	20.6%
Associate degree	9.6%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	17.0%	17.6%
Master’s degree	5.2%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.5%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	6.5%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 25	$40,470	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	12.6%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	31,090	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-4.6%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	3,499	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$7,157	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,769	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$16,041	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$739,051,670	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-2.6%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$54,364,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$3,485,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$1,238,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$59,086,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$706,667,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	23.4%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	56.4%	61.2%
State and local governments	7.2%	6.3%
Industry	4.4%	5.2%
Nonprofit	4.1%	6.1%
Institution itself	27.7%	19.4%
Other	0.2%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	14.1%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	1.3%	4.9%
Life sciences	65.6%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.1%	3.7%
Physical sciences	7.4%	7.6%
Psychology	1.3%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.1%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.7%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.4%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Grinnell College	$1,500,219,483
Top fund raisers:
University of Iowa	$123,345,708
Iowa State University	$63,290,284
University of Northern Iowa	$21,003,567

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$113,966	$112,647
Associate professor	$79,277	$78,804
Assistant professor	$69,273	$67,236
All	$84,294	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$90,143	$133,973
Associate professor	$65,925	$86,108
Assistant professor	$56,123	$72,242
All	$68,282	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$66,840	$82,002
Associate professor	$56,090	$66,466
Assistant professor	$48,962	$55,352
All	$54,715	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$61,629	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$53,442	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	339,011	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	42,831	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	71,401	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	106,380	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	57,183	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	190	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	146,123	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	565	430,177
Total	381,842	21,016,126
Public institutions	47%	72%
4-year institutions	72%	63%
2-year institutions	28%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	15,834	849,452
Bachelor’s	30,323	1,650,014
Master’s	7,452	693,025
Doctorate	2,744	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 68% of all freshmen enrolled in Iowa in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 87% of all Iowa residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	69.4%	56.0%
Men	67.1%	53.0%
Women	71.4%	58.5%
American Indian	54.3%	37.0%
Asian	67.0%	66.3%
Black	52.1%	38.3%
Hispanic	58.4%	47.8%
White	70.4%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	2,776	196,374
Asian	9,958	1,218,118
Black	46,699	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	859	64,046
Hispanic	23,362	2,741,448
White	281,426	12,722,549
Foreign	11,982	709,565
Two or more races	4,780	325,275
Total	381,842	21,016,126
Women	61.1%	57.0%
Minority	23.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	19.1%	28.4%
Foreign	3.1%	3.4%
Full-time	63.4%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 22.1 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 63% of Iowa’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	3	678
Public 2-year institutions	16	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	33	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	12	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1	664
Total	66	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
University of Dubuque
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None