Mission Within a challenging and supportive environment, the University of Northern Iowa engages students in high-quality and high-impact learning experiences and emphasizes excellence in teaching and scholarship.
Description The University of Northern Iowa provides high-quality education, purposefully guiding students to find and develop their strengths and preparing them for success after college. Building on its historic excellence in teacher education, the university has developed outstanding programs in business, natural sciences, humanities and fine arts, and social and behavioral sciences, with advanced degrees available in many programs. The University's attractive size, approximately 9,200 students, allows UNI to offer faculty, facilities, and academic choices characteristic of a much larger university while retaining a friendly, small-college atmosphere on a park-like campus. UNI has been consistently recognized as one of the "Best Midwest Universities" by U.S. News & World Report. Located in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, the campus comprises over 40 buildings on 940 acres. For more information, visit www.uni.edu.
UNI is in picturesque Cedar Falls, Iowa, a riverfront town with many recreational, cultural, and entertainment opportunities. It was recently named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The metropolitan community of Cedar Falls/Waterloo has a combined population of 165,000 and offers a pleasant residential setting with a strong and growing industrial base. Cedar Falls is a friendly, affordable community about 300 miles from Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago. For more information, visit www.cedarfalls.com.
University of Northern Iowa has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 223 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The University of Northern Iowa employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 66% of employees would recommend working at University of Northern Iowa to a friend. This is based on 223 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
71% of job seekers rate their interview experience at University of Northern Iowa as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at University of Northern Iowa.