Ethnic/Racial/Tribal Affiliation Information

Your response to this request for information is voluntary. In order to comply with the U.S. Department of Education regulations concerned with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, The University of Iowa must report statistical summaries of the student body. This information is confidential and does not appear on academic records. Information regarding individual students is not disclosed outside the University without the student's consent. The following are definitions of the categories listed:

• African American or Black: a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.



• Alaskan Native or American Indian: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.



• Asian: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.



• Hispanic or Latino(a): a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.



• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.



• White: a person having origin in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or Middle East.