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Maharishi International University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Fairfield, Iowa. Fairfield is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

37 Undergraduate Degrees
64 Graduate Degrees
$18,410 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
94% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Maharishi International University?

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Contact details for MIU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1000 North 4Th Street, Fairfield, IA 52557
Phone: 641-472-7000
Website: www.miu.edu

How Do I Get Into MIU?

You can apply to MIU online at: https://www.miu.edu/application/

Admission Requirements for MIU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into MIU?

94% Acceptance Rate
77% Of Accepted Are Women
Since MIU has an acceptance rate of 94%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 23% of accepted students are men and 77% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Can I Afford Maharishi International University?

$18,410 Net Price
89% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of MIU is $18,410. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MIU, approximately 89% of students took out student loans averaging $8,147 a year. That adds up to $32,588 over four years for those students.

Maharishi International University Undergraduate Student Diversity

320 Full-Time Undergraduates
75% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 655 undergraduate students at MIU, with 320 being full-time and 335 being part-time.

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There are also 1,748 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 320 full-time undergraduates at MIU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Maharishi International University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 9
Black or African American 36
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 190
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 33

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Maharishi International University. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at MIU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Ethiopia, and China.

Online Learning at Maharishi International University

1,474 Took All Classes Online
1,758 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 1,758 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MIU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 9th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MIU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 42%

Maharishi International University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 0 64 64
Holistic/Integrative Health 37 0 37
Aromatherapy 0 0 0
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 64 101

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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