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UNI Fact Sheet

This guide provides quick, factual information about UNI. For more detailed information and a discussion of the sources, you may wish to consult "Sources of Information about UNI," a library user's guide available in the distribution rack near the Reference Desk and as a Web document.

Institutional Names

UNI is a statutory rather than a chartered institution. For the legislation that established UNI, see Iowa Acts and Joint Resolutions Ref K 345.12 I65 v. 16 1876.

1876-1909 Iowa State Normal School
1909-1961 Iowa State Teachers College
1961-1967 State College of Iowa
1967-present University of Northern Iowa

Presidents

UNI has had nine chief executive officers. Click on a name to be linked to a brief biographical sketch.

1876-1886 James Cleland Gilchrist
1886-1928 Homer Horatio Seerley
1928-1940 Orval Ray Latham
1940-1950 Malcolm Poyer Price
1950-1970 James William Maucker
1970-1983 John Joseph Kamerick
1983-1995 Constantine William Curris
1995-2006 Robert D. Koob
2006-present Benjamin J. Allen

Size of Campus

Approximately 900 acres

Faculty and Staff--Fall 2009

Faculty and Institutional Officers: 661
Professional & Scientific Staff: 577
Other: 608

Does not include some temporary and second appointments

Student Demographic Data--Fall 2009

13,080 students
11,294 undergraduates; 1786 graduates
11,896 (91%) Iowa residents
5493 men; 7587 women
377 African-American; 282 Hispanic; 136 Asian; 23 American Indians
453 international students

Tuition and Fees--Resident Undergraduate

1910=$5/term
1920=$5/term
1930=$20-$30/term
1940=$26-$32/quarter
1950=$35/quarter
1960=$220/semester
1970=$300/semester
1980=$387/semester
1985=$621/semester
1986=$682/semester
1987=$774/semester
1988=$845/semester
1989=$905/semester
1990=$940/semester
1991=$976/semester
1992=$1044/semester
1993=$1096/semester
1994=$1146/semester
1995=$1193/semester
1996=$1235/semester
1997=$1283/semester
1998=$1333/semester
1999=$1393/semester
2000=$1453/semester
2001=$1558/semester
2002=$1846/semester
2003=$2458/semester
2004=$2693/semester
2005=$2801/semester
2006=$3056/semester
2007=$3095/semester
2008=$3188/semester
2009=$3318/semester
2010=$3504/semester
2011=$3801/semester
2012=$3917/semester

Alumni - Fall 2009

Total living alumni: 101,219

Degrees Awarded - 2008/2009

Baccalaureate (Bachelor's): 2268
Master's: 467
Specialist: 6
Doctorate: 10
Total: 2751

Buildings: Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically

By current name; with date when construction began. Click on highlighted items to be linked to building history with images or to short biographical sketches of people for whom certain buildings are named.

Alphabetical List

Administration Building (1894, razed 1984)
Alumni House (1906)
Baker Hall (1935)
Bartlett Hall (1914)
Bender Hall (1967)
Biology Botanical Center (1938)
Biology Research Complex (1972)
Business and Community Services Building (2005)
Campanile (1924)
Campbell Hall (1950)
Center for Energy and Environmental Education (1993)
Central Hall (1869, burned 1965)
College Courts (1955)
Commons (1932)
Communication Arts Center (1975)
Curris Business Building (1988)
Dancer Hall (1968)
Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (1997)
Gilchrist Hall (1882, burned 1972)
Gilchrist Hall (New Administration Building) (1963)
Hagemann Hall (1964)
Health Center (1960)
Hillside Courts (1970)
Honors Cottage (1890)
Industrial Technology Center (1974)
Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (Formerly East Gymnasium) (1903)
Jacobson Human Performance Complex (2006)
Kamerick Art Building (1983)
Lang Hall (Formerly Old Auditorium) (1900)
Latham Hall (1948)
Lawther Hall (1939)
Maucker Union (1967)
McCollum Science Hall (1966)
McLeod Center (2004)
Memorial Garden (2005)
Noehren Hall (1965)
O. R. Latham Stadium and Stadium Hall (1936, razed 1987)
Panther Village (2010)
Parking Facility - (2008)
Physical Education Center (1969)
Physics Building (1903)
Power Plant (Original) (1896, razed c. 1933)
Power Plant #1 (1931, razed 1988)
Power Plant #2 (1969)
President's House (1908)
Prexy's Pond (1935)
Price Laboratory School (1950)
Redeker Center (1964)
Regents Complex (1960)
Residence on the Hill (1992): Eiklor; Holmes; McGovern; Pendergraft
Rider Hall (1960)
Rod Library (1963)
Russell Hall (1960)
Sabin Hall (1912)
Schindler Education Center (1970)
Seerley Hall (1908)
Seerley Hall for Men (1937)
Shull Hall (1963)
South Courts (1963)
Strayer-Wood Theatre (1975)
Sunset Village (1946)
Towers (1967)
UNI-Dome (1974)
Visitor Information Center (1985)
Wellness and Recreation Center (1995)
West Gymnasium (1925)
Wright Hall (1915)

Chronological List

1869 Central Hall (burned 1965)
1882 Gilchrist Hall (burned 1972)
1890 Honors Cottage
1894 Administration Building (razed 1984)
c. 1896 Power Plant (Original) (razed c. 1933)
1900 Lang Hall (Formerly Old Auditorium)
1903 Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (Formerly East Gymnasium)
1903 Physics Building
1906 Alumni House
1908 Seerley Hall
1908 President's House
1912 Sabin Hall
1914 Bartlett Hall
1915 Wright Hall
1924 Campanile
1925 West Gymnasium
1931 Power Plant #1 (razed 1988)
1932 Commons
1935 Baker Hall
1935 Prexy's Pond
1936 O. R. Latham Stadium and Stadium Hall (razed 1987)
1937 Seerley Hall for Men
1938 Biology Botanical Center
1939 Lawther Hall
1946 Sunset Village
1948 Latham Hall
1950 Campbell Hall
1950 Price Laboratory School
1955 College Courts
1960 Health Center
1960 Rider Hall
1960 Russell Hall
1963 Rod Library
1963 Shull Hall
1963 Gilchrist Hall (New Administration Building)
1963 South Courts
1964 Hagemann Hall
1964 Redeker Center
1965 Noehren Hall
1966 McCollum Science Hall
1967 Towers
1967 Maucker Union
1967 Bender Hall
1968 Dancer Hall
1969 Power Plant #2
1969 Physical Education Center
1970 Hillside Courts
1970 Schindler Education Center
1972 Biology Research Complex
1974 Industrial Technology Center
1974 UNI-Dome
1975 Communication Arts Center
1975 Strayer-Wood Theatre
1983 Kamerick Art Building
1985 Visitor Information Center
1988 Curris Business Building
1992 Residence on the Hill: Eiklor; Holmes; McGovern; Pendergraft
1993 Center for Energy and Environmental Education
1995 Wellness and Recreation Center
1997 Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
2004 McLeod Center
2005 Business and Community Services Building
2006 Jacobson Human Performance Complex
2008 Parking Facility
2010 Panther Village

Enrollment---Fall Term

1876 . . . . . . 88
1877 . . . . . 170
1878 . . . . . 170
1879 . . . . . 210
1880 . . . . . 233
1881 . . . . . 250
1882 . . . . . 226
1883 . . . . . 210
1884 . . . . . 284
1885 . . . . . 277
1886 . . . . . 297
1887 . . . . . 302
1888 . . . . . 322
1889 . . . . . 436
1890 . . . . . 529
1891 . . . . . 528
1892 . . . . . 503
1893 . . . . . 479
1894 . . . . . 619
1895 . . . . . 721
1896 . . . . . 757
1897 . . . . . 861
1898 . . . . . 921
1899 . . . . . 906
1900 . . . . . 911
1901 . . . . . 873
1902 . . . . . 868
1903 . . . . . 857
1904. . . . . .812
1905 . . . . . 905
1906 . . . . . 981
1907 . . . . .1013
1908 . . . . . 995
1909 . . . . .1070
1910 . . . . .1108
1911 . . . . .1094
1912 . . . . .1202
1913 . . . . .1297
1914 . . . . .1406
1915 . . . . .1741
1916 . . . . .1680
1917 . . . . .1387
1918 . . . . .1125
1919 . . . . .1423
1920 . . . . .1402
1921 . . . . .1644
1922 . . . . .2130
1923 . . . . .2565
1924 . . . . .2648
1925 . . . . .2642
1926 . . . . .2443
1927 . . . . .2304
1928 . . . . .2094
1929 . . . . .2227
1930 . . . . .2169
1931 . . . . .2049
1932 . . . . .1562
1933 . . . . .1472
1934 . . . . .1543
1935 . . . . .1771
1936 . . . . .1872
1937 . . . . .1863
1938 . . . . .1926
1939 . . . . .1901
1940 . . . . .1745
1941 . . . . .1502
1942 . . . . .1381
1943 . . . . . 820
1944 . . . . . 898
1945 . . . . .1233
1946 . . . . .2475
1947 . . . . .2846
1948 . . . . .3083
1949 . . . . .2949
1950 . . . . .2688
1951 . . . . .2352
1952 . . . . .2239
1953 . . . . .2231
1954 . . . . .2676
1955 . . . . .3045
1956 . . . . .3195
1957 . . . . .3210
1958 . . . . .3482
1959 . . . . .3428
1960 . . . . .3616
1961 . . . . .4070
1962 . . . . .4567
1963 . . . . .5147
1964 . . . . .5520
1965 . . . . .6419
1966 . . . . .7409
1967 . . . . .8213
1968 . . . . .9058
1969 . . . . .9494
1970 . . . . .9723
1971 . . . . .9605 on campus; 10546 total enrolled for credit
1972 . . . . .8845 on campus; 9846 total enrolled for credit
1973 . . . . .8858 on campus; 9587 total enrolled for credit
1974 . . . . .8690 on campus; 9944 total enrolled for credit
1975 . . . . .9287 on campus; 10181 total enrolled for credit
1976 . . . . .9699 on campus; 10537 total enrolled for credit
1977 . . . . 10342 on campus; 11126 total enrolled for credit
1978 . . . . 10455 on campus; 11638 total enrolled for credit
1979 . . . . 10382 on campus; 11916 total enrolled for credit
1980 . . . . 11020 on campus; 12448 total enrolled for credit
1981 . . . . 10954
1982 . . . . 10988
1983 . . . . 11204
1984 . . . . 11161
1985 . . . . 11514
1986 . . . . 11540
1987 . . . .
1988 . . . . 11772
1989 . . . . 11645
1990 . . . . 12638
1991 . . . . 13163
1992 . . . . 13045
1993 . . . . 12717
1994 . . . . 12572
1995 . . . . 12802
1996 . . . . 12957
1997 . . . . 13108
1998 . . . . 13329
1999 . . . . 13553
2000 . . . . 13774
2001 . . . . 14070
2002 . . . . 13926
2003 . . . . 13441
2004 . . . . 12824
2005 . . . . 12513
2006 . . . . 12260
2007 . . . . 12609
2008 . . . . 12908
2009 . . . . 13080
2010 . . . . 13201
2011 . . . . 13168
2012 . . . . 12273

Peer Institutions

Northern Arizona University
California State University at Fresno
Illinois State University
Indiana State University
Central Michigan University
University of Minnesota at Duluth
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ohio University
University of North Texas
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire

Maintained by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson; last updated September 5, 2012 (GP).

Rod Library Special Collections and University Archives
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613-3675
Telephone: (319)-273-6307
Fax: (319)-273-2913
Email: Gerald.Peterson@uni.edu