Undergraduate Business

Admissions


Direct Admission

Effective Summer 2008, highly qualified high school students who satisfy the following criteria can be admitted directly to the Tippie College of Business.

  • You must apply to the University as a pre-business major.
  • You must have a composite ACT of 27 or higher and a high school GPA of 3.70 or higher.
  • Students directly admitted to the College of Business are eligible to apply to the Tippie Scholars Program (Deadline: February 1).

*You may petition for direct admission into the Tippie College of Business as an entering first-year student if you meet either the direct admission criterion of an ACT-Composite score of 27 or above (SAT critical reading and math score of 1210 or above) or a high school GPA of 3.70 (on a 4.00 scale). Petitions will be accepted through August 1. Additional information can be found on the petition for direct admission form.

Accelerated Admission

Pre-business students admitted or readmitted to the University Fall 2007 or after who satisfy the following criteria will be offered accelerated admission.

  • Enroll at the University for at least one semester, and earn a minimum of 12 semester hours of University of Iowa credit but no more than 59 hours of credit.
  • Complete three prerequisite courses; Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business, Statistics for Business, and either Principles of Microeconomics or Principles of Macroeconomics (or their equivalents).
  • Earn no grade lower than a C in any prerequisite course required for admission.
  • Earn a University of Iowa, cumulative, and prerequisite GPA of 2.75 or higher. The prerequisite GPA will be calculated using grades from all applicable course work.

Students who do not meet the requirements for accelerated admission may apply for standard admission (There is no petition process for accelerated admission).

Standard Admission

Admission option for students who have earned at least 60 semester hours of credit and satisfy the following criteria.

  • If you are currently enrolled at The University of Iowa, you must apply to the Tippie College of Business by the established deadline.
  • If you are a transfer student, you must apply to The University of Iowa by established deadline.
  • You must complete six prerequisite courses (or their equivalents): Calculus and Matrix Algebra Business, Statistics for Business, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Introduction to Financial Accounting, and Managerial Accounting. All prerequisite courses must be completed with no grade lower than a C.
  • You must earn a University of Iowa, cumulative, and prerequisite GPA of 2.75 or higher.

Note:  Additional GPA requirement for admission to the accounting major includes a 3.00 University of Iowa and cumulative GPA, 2.75 on all prerequisites with no grade lower than a C and a 2.67 (B-) average in Introduction to Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting.
All admission options require that the applicant has had no prior charges or violations of academic misconduct.

Students who do not meet the admission criteria for standard admission may petition. Submit your appeal form and documentation to the Undergradate Program Office. Please complete the form online, print it, attach documentation if needed, and submit it to the reception desk in C140 PBB. You may also submit your petition electronically to business-undergrad@uiowa.edu. Only students denied admission under Standard Admission may appeal the decision.