University of Iowa
PA-8: Affordability and Access

The University of Iowa offers more than 2,000 scholarships each year to outstanding undergraduate students based on financial need, academic merit, or both. Students may receive multiple scholarships, and receiving a UI scholarship will not disqualify students from also receiving need-based grants or loans offered through the UI Office of Student Financial Aid. The Iowa Advantage Need-Based Award is available for students who demonstrate financial need. http://admissions.uiowa.edu/finances/scholarships

Under the Iowa First Nations Tuition Program, the University of Iowa invites members of the Tribes/Nations historic to Iowa to attend the university and pay in-state tuition, regardless of where they live. https://admissions.uiowa.edu/ifn#:~:text=The%20Iowa%20First%20Nations%20(IFN,at%20the%20University%20of%20Iowa 

The Tippie Gateway Program brings high school juniors from underrepresented backgrounds to campus during the summer before their senior year (typically late June) to get a glimpse into life as a college student. The program is free—including lodging, meals, and activities—thanks to a scholarship from the Tippie College of Business. One group targeted by this program is low-income students. https://tippie.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/admissions/high-school-students/gateway-summer-program

 First Generation Iowa was created to: Provide a welcoming atmosphere and support to new and returning first-generation college students and provide a combination of social, academic, and service opportunities for members. The program also helps students transition from high school to college and introduces them to the many campus resources and opportunities available. Finally, the program connects first-generation college students with other first-generation college students across campus. https://uc.uiowa.edu/first-gen-hawks

 The Office of Access and Support provides leadership and coordination for outreach and service to minority communities and students who participate in federally funded Upward Bound programs. The office provides pre-college student development, assistance with facilitating the enrollment process, and programs and activities that support the ability of under-served students to increase their skills to thrive and succeed at the University of Iowa. https://diversity.uiowa.edu/daod/oas 

At the UI, we are committed to a diverse graduate student body, which includes graduate students with children. We believe that a graduate student parent has a better chance of completing their degree when the student and their department are realistic and forward-thinking about the challenges of pursuing an advanced degree and parenthood simultaneously. The Human Resources Office provides a Child Care Subsidy Program for Student Families. The Regular Child Care Subsidy program helps students with the cost of their regular, ongoing child care. The Evening/Weekend Study Child Care program provides funding to help student parents without regular, ongoing child care expenses to hire a friend or babysitter to care for their child so that they can study, write a paper, do research, or participate in a study group on evenings/weekends. https://hr.uiowa.edu/family-services/child-care-subsidy-student 

All information for Part 2 of the credit was obtained through the Common Data Set and the Iowa College Aid Data Center. The graduation rate of low-income students was based on the Graduation and Retention report from the Office of the Registrar, considering the percentage of people who qualified for the Pell Grant that graduated within 4 years.