University of Iowa
Location: Iowa City, IA (Suburban)
School Type: Public Institution
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
University of Iowa
1,051 historical application reports
2000-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 36 |
| 2003 | 44 |
| 2004 | 48 |
| 2005 | 62 |
| 2006 | 95 |
| 2007 | 100 |
| 2008 | 115 |
| 2009 | 133 |
| 2010 | 78 |
| 2011 | 72 |
| 2012 | 70 |
| 2013 | 48 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2015 | 41 |
| 2016 | 21 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 1,025
- Secondary completed
- 856
- Interview invitation
- 428
- Interview attended
- 389
- Waitlisted
- 84
- Accepted
- 173
- Withdrawn
- 174
- Rejected
- 341
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.70966 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.68960 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 32median · 980 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 513median · 999 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
38 median age at the profile snapshot · 478 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 665
- Female
- 351
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 654
- East Asian
- 120
- South Asian
- 72
- Hispanic
- 37
- African
- 36
- Arabic
- 10
- Native American
- 5
Home state
- California
- 181
- Illinois
- 125
- Iowa
- 104
- Minnesota
- 93
- Wisconsin
- 56
- Michigan
- 33
- New York
- 29
- Florida
- 24
Undergraduate colleges
- University of Iowa
- 37
- UCLA
- 22
- Iowa State University
- 20
- UC Berkeley
- 14
- Brigham Young University
- 13
- Northwestern University
- 12
- State School
- 12
- University of Michigan
- 11
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 562
- Engineering/Technology
- 79
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 76
- Physical Sciences
- 64
- Computing and Information Science
- 36
- Premedical Studies
- 31
- History/Humanities
- 25
- Mathematics
- 11
Graduate institutions
- University of Iowa
- 10
- Columbia University
- 5
- Loyola University Chicago
- 4
- 2nd Major
- 3
- Emory University
- 3
- Iowa State University
- 3
- Northwestern University
- 3
- UC San Diego
- 3
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 77
- Computing and Information Science
- 41
- Other
- 39
- Premedical Studies
- 36
- Engineering/Technology
- 19
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 19
- Foreign Language/International Studies
- 10
- History/Humanities
- 10
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 30
- MPH
- 17
- BA
- 10
- BS
- 10
- M.S.
- 10
- Minor
- 8
- N/A
- 8
- PhD
- 8
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.