University of Iowa
IOWA CITY — This fall, the University of Iowa welcomed the most academically accomplished class in its history for the fifth year in a row. The incoming undergraduate class again topped previous records in achievement with a higher average high school grade-point average (GPA), at 3.81, than any previous class.
About 60% of the class (2,702) are Iowa residents, and about 1% (47) are international students. The class represents 94 of Iowa’s 99 counties, 45 U.S. states and territories (as well as Washington, D.C., and bases for the U.S. Armed Forces), and 40 countries. The following are local students:
Kennedy Bland of Osceola, Abigail Clark of Humeston, Seth Dickinson of Truro, Wyatt Hewlett of Murray, Cole Secaur of New Virginia and Gwenivere Wernli of Truro.