unitid 154493 · Fayette, IA · private nonprofit 4-year · rural (remote)
Upper Iowa University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,739
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
96%
92nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,994
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
34%
finish within 150% time
15th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$34,022
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,942
after aid, aided students
42nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,766
after entry, Title IV students
50th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $17,715 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+20%
- Median family income
- $31,130
- First-generation students
- 45%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $19,475
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 142 | $66,929 | $34,453 |
| Psychology, General. | 88 | $50,014 | $41,478 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 74 | $46,694 | $37,646 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 72 | $95,675 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 55 | $78,287 | $35,004 |
| Human Services, General. | 44 | $44,527 | $45,388 |
| Criminology. | 44 | $46,898 | $43,447 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 39 | $48,825 | $27,000 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 35 | $58,713 | $37,608 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 30 | $57,928 | $41,006 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 27 | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 25 | $49,757 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.