Check out why the University of Iowa received an F grade in our Report Card below. 
The University of Iowa is a public university located in Iowa City, Iowa. Over 22,000 undergraduates are enrolled and the university offers more than 200 degrees. The campus is located roughly halfway between the state capitol of Des Moines and Chicago.
Athletes on the university&#8217;s 22 athletic teams are known as the &#8220;Hawkeyes&#8221; and compete in the Big Ten Conference. The football team has been led for the past 24 seasons by coach Kirk Ferentz, making him the longest-tenured coach in all of college football.
In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter activists caused more than <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=15652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1 million</a> in damages to the university amidst nationwide protests. The administration announced afterward they would preserve and curate pictures of the graffiti to uplift the &#8220;voices of marginalized people.&#8221; This was in addition to the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/13/university-of-iowa-will-spend-almost-3-million-on-diversity-in-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$3 million</a> the university spent just on &#8220;diversity and inclusion&#8221; initiatives the previous year.
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The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;B&#8221; grade by <a href="https://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/schools/2791">What Will They Learn?</a> which takes into account the university’s educational prowess. Factors include composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural science.
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What Will They Learn? Academic Score 

The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;C+&#8221; grade for the Average Salary of Recent Graduates. As of 2021, alumni with 0-5 years of experience after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa make $58,400 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Recent Graduates 

The University of Iowa receives a “B-” grade for the Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career. As of 2021, alumni with 10+ years of experience after graduating from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree make $108,400 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career 

The University of Iowa receives a “B-” grade for the Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private). In 2020, 50% of graduates accumulated student debt from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private) 

The University of Iowa receives a “C+” grade for the Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private). In 2020, graduates accumulated $27,369 of debt on average from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private)

The University of Iowa receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for staff. <a href="https://hr.uiowa.edu/administrative-services/recent-initiatives/supervisor-trainingiowa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Curricula</a> for the new training was developed during the fall 2019 semester with an emphasis on &#8220;Creating an equitable and inclusive team culture.&#8221;
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Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff

The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;C&#8221; for having a <a href="https://speechfirst.org/">bias reporting system</a> but not a Bias Response Team.
Bias Reporting Systems and Response Teams are systems or teams of faculty, staff, and sometimes law enforcement.
According to <a href="https://speechfirst.org/bias-reporting-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeechFirst</a>, students are “encouraged to report ‘bias incidents’ to these boards (or teams) in the name of inclusion and tolerance, but it’s often unclear what the school considers ‘bias’ in the first place. Overly broad or vague definitions of bias put all kinds of speech at risk of being reported – even unpopular speech which is protected by the First Amendment.”
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Bias Reporting System or Bias Response Team

The University of Iowa receives an &#8220;A&#8221; grade for the Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs. Out of a list of 20 clubs (10 from each side), <a href="https://uiowa.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the university</a> has four right-leaning and four left-leaning clubs. Turning Point USA, Young Americans for Freedom, the Federalist Society, and Students for Liberty are the four right-leaning clubs. The Palestinian Advocacy and Liberation Society at Iowa, the Queer Liberation Front, Student Advocates for Planned Parenthood, and the Journal of Gender, Race &amp; Justice are the four left-leaning clubs.
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Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs

The University of Iowa receives an “A” grade due to having an active and thriving <a href="https://uiowa.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/turning-point-usa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turning Point USA chapter</a>. Unfortunately, universities and Student Governments around the country often use their power to prevent certain clubs from operating on campus.
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Denied Turning Point USA Chapter

The University of Iowa receives an “F” grade for the Amount of Foreign Funding Received. According to <a href="https://sites.ed.gov/foreigngifts/">College Foreign Gift Reporting</a>, the total amount of foreign funding the university has received is $16,044.38 per current undergraduate student. Oftentimes, foreign parties will convey their influence by funding certain courses, activities, professors, and organizations on campus. In certain cases, universities must abide by restrictions dictated by foreign parties to receive funding. In addition, there have been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-universities-took-billions-in-unreported-foreign-funds-u-s-finds-11603226953">reports</a> that claim that universities underreport foreign funding. The figure above only takes into account reported foreign funding.
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Amount of Foreign Funding Received

The University of Iowa receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students. The university requires students complete at least 3 credits of &#8220;<a href="https://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/general-education-program/#di" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diversity and Inclusion</a>&#8221; courses in order to graduate. Several of these classes include, &#8220;Printmaking and the Politics of Protest,&#8221; &#8220;Race, Gender, and Sexuality on Screen,&#8221; and, &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s a Little Bit Biased: The Science Behind Prejudice.&#8221;
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Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students 

The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;C&#8221; grade for Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes. The university has two segregated convocations (<a href="https://multicultural.uiowa.edu/culturalcenters/pridehouse/rainbow-graduation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black</a> and <a href="https://multicultural.uiowa.edu/culturalcenters/lnacc/latinx-graduation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latinx/a/o</a> graduations) and three segregated <a href="https://housing.uiowa.edu/communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dormitories</a> (Pride, Unidos, and Young, Gifted, and Black).
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Segregated Dormatories, Graduations, and Classes

The University of Iowa receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for Protests and Canceling Speakers. Since 2021, a student was arrested after <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=20248">kicking</a> and destroying a projector during a TPUSA event. A chapter of Students for Life had their table <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=20082">attacked</a> by a protestor during a student organization fair.
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Protests and Canceling Speakers

The University of Iowa receives a “C” grade for Mask and Vaccine Mandates. Both masks and vaccines are strongly encouraged at the university, <a href="https://coronavirus.uiowa.edu/vaccine-information">but not required:</a>
&#8220;The University of Iowa strongly encourages students, faculty, and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19 and is a safer way to build protection than through natural immunity. &#8221;
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Mask and Vaccine Mandates

The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;C-&#8221; grade for the Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees. According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Center (<a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPEDS</a>), as of 2020, 5.62% of the current undergraduate student population graduate with a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) degree. Across the United States, students who graduate with STEM degrees tend to earn more on average than their other student counterparts.
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Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees

The University of Iowa receives a &#8220;C&#8221; grade for Required Western Civilization Courses for Students.
While courses are not required to graduate, students may satisfy the &#8220;Historical Perspectives&#8221; requirement by taking the course &#8220;<a href="https://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/general-education-program/#hp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The West and the World</a> (Ancient, Medieval, Modern).&#8221; Biased or left-leaning courses can easily be bypassed for other options.
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Required Western Civilization Courses for Students

The University of Iowa

Check out why the University of Iowa received an F grade in our Report Card below. 

The University of Iowa is a public university located in Iowa City, Iowa. Over 22,000 undergraduates are enrolled and the university offers more than 200 degrees. The campus is located roughly halfway between the state capitol of Des Moines and Chicago.

Athletes on the university's 22 athletic teams are known as the "Hawkeyes" and compete in the Big Ten Conference. The football team has been led for the past 24 seasons by coach Kirk Ferentz, making him the longest-tenured coach in all of college football.

In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter activists caused more than <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=15652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1 million</a> in damages to the university amidst nationwide protests. The administration announced afterward they would preserve and curate pictures of the graffiti to uplift the "voices of marginalized people." This was in addition to the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/05/13/university-of-iowa-will-spend-almost-3-million-on-diversity-in-2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$3 million</a> the university spent just on "diversity and inclusion" initiatives the previous year.

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Ellen Lewin

<a href="https://clas.uiowa.edu/anthropology/people/ellen-lewin">Dr. Ellen Lewin</a> is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Lewin recently came under fire for her passionate response to a campus-wide email sent by the College Republicans. The email was an advertisement for “Conservative Coming Out Week!” Lewin, in a fit of rage, replied, “F@#$ YOU, REPUBLICANS.” Not only was she outraged that Republicans were active on campus, but she also did not approve of their event names nor the use of the phrase “coming out.”

<a href="https://clas.uiowa.edu/anthropology/people/ellen-lewin">Dr. Ellen Lewin</a> is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Lewin recently came under fire for her passionate response to a campus-wide email sent by the College Republicans. The email was an advertisement for “Conservative Coming Out Week!” Lewin, in a fit of rage, replied, “F@#$ YOU, REPUBLICANS.” Not only was she outraged that Republicans were active on campus, but she also did not approve of their event names nor the use of the phrase “coming out.”

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Jodi Linley

<a href="https://education.uiowa.edu/person/jodi-linley">Professor Jodi Linley,</a> University of Iowa, detailed her extensive commitment to teaching classes that “deconstruct whiteness” in an academic journal article, arguing that to do otherwise would make her “complicit” in perpetuating white supremacy and white privilege.

<a href="https://education.uiowa.edu/person/jodi-linley">Professor Jodi Linley,</a> University of Iowa, detailed her extensive commitment to teaching classes that “deconstruct whiteness” in an academic journal article, arguing that to do otherwise would make her “complicit” in perpetuating white supremacy and white privilege.

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