Career-ready degrees for a better tomorrow.
On campus or online.
As a top public university in the Midwest, the University of Northern Iowa is designed to put your undergraduate or advanced degree within reach - online or on campus.
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As Iowa's most affordable public four-year university, we're committed to getting you career-ready by combining coursework with real, practical field work.
Real, relevant academic excellence for a world that expects career-ready graduates.
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94% of UNI grads find success within six months of graduation.
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UNI graduates more teachers than any other university in Iowa.
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UNI graduates more CPAs than anywhere in Iowa.
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UNI is ranked a top regional public university by "U.S. News & World Report".
Most
Affordable
in Iowa.
The University of Northern Iowa is the most affordable public, four-year university in Iowa.
Best online
college
in Iowa.
The University of Northern Iowa was named #1 best online college in Iowa by College Choice in 2020.
Iowa's teachers start here.
The University of Northern Iowa graduates more educators than any other university in Iowa.
Popular Areas of Study
Arts & Design
At UNI, you’ll enter some of Iowa's top-rated art and design programs.
Business
UNI is recognized as one of the nation’s top-ranked business schools.
Health
UNI’s pre-professional health programs prep you with hands-on clinical and research experience.
Human Services
Explore the depths of human behavior and help make change for both individuals and society as a whole.
STEM
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) rewards those driven to see what can be done.
Teaching
UNI is the only university in Iowa where full-time faculty and staff coordinate student teaching placements.
Online & Distance Programs
- Undergraduate
- Accounting (BA) - Hybrid-Des Moines
- Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS)
- Criminal Justice (BAS)
- Criminology & Criminal Justice (BA)
- Elementary Education (BA) - Online Transfer Program
- Elementary Education (BA) - Purple Pathway for Paraeducators
- General Studies (BA)
- Individual Studies (BA)
- Individual Studies: Human Services (BA)
- Individual Studies: Sports Administration (BA)
- Management: Business Administration (BA)
- Managing Business & Organizations (BAS)
- Technology Management (BA)
- Graduate
- Art Education (MA)
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Doctor of Education (EdD)
- Early Childhood Education (MAE)
- Elementary Education (MAE)
- History (MA)
- Instructional Design & Learning Technologies (MA)
- Leadership in Physical Education (MA)
- Literacy Education (MAE)
- Mathematics Teaching: Community College Emphasis (MA)
- Mathematics Teaching: Elementary & Middle Grades (K-8) (MA)
- Mathematics Teaching: Secondary Emphasis (MA)
- Music Education (MM)
- Philanthropy and Nonprofit Development (MA)
- Postsecondary Education / Student Affairs (MA)
- Principalship (MAE/ASC)
- Public Policy (MPP)
- School Library Studies (MA)
- Science Education (MA)
- Social Work: Advanced Standing (MSW)
- Social Work: Foundation (MSW)
- Superintendency (ASC)
- Teacher Leadership for International Educators (MA)
- Teaching English in Secondary Schools (TESS) (MA)
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (MA)
- Transformative Education (MAE)
- Certificates
- Endorsements
- Career and Technical Education Professional Development
- Director of Special Education
- Early Childhood Education
- English as a Second Language
- Iowa Computer Science
- Iowa Reading K-8 Endorsement
- Iowa Secondary School Health Education Teaching
- Multioccupations
- Physical Education
- Physics Coursework for Iowa 5-12 Physics and All Science
- Strategist I - Mild and Moderate Disabilities Endorsement (K-8)(5-12)
- Strategist II - Intellectual Disabilities Endorsement (K-12)
- Strategist II - Behavioral Disorders/Learning Disabilities Endorsement (K-12)
- Teacher Librarian