Alternatives and competitors

Sites like University of Iowa

The 20 closest higher education alternatives to University of Iowa, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of Iowa? The closest matches are Iowa State University, University of Utah and New York University. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About University of Iowa

University of Iowa uiowa.edu

The University of Iowa

Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.

Wikidata: public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Top 10K · #3,849 English 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit University of Iowa

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of Iowa, a public research university in Iowa City offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs, along with admissions, campus news, events and research information.

Who it’s for
Prospective and current students, faculty, alumni
Business model
Tuition, state funding and research grants

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Iowa’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

BYUUniversity of MichiganUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of OregonUC Daviswashington.eduUniversity of PennsylvaniaNew York UniversityUniversity of Utah

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of Iowa

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Iowa, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Iowa State University iastate.edu Top 10K English

    Welcome - Iowa State University

    Iowa State University — where innovation is in the making. Experience hands-on learning, cutting-edge research, and endless opportunities for your future.

  2. 02
    University of Utah utah.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Utah

    Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.

  3. 03
    New York University nyu.edu Top 10K English

    New York University

    There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.

  4. 04
    University of Pennsylvania upenn.edu Top 10K English

    University of Pennsylvania

    As America’s first university, Penn has a history that dates back to 1740 and shares many ties with the colonial city of Philadelphia and the birth of our nation.

  5. 05
    Yale University yale.edu Top 10K English

    Yale University

    Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations.

  6. 06
    University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu Top 10K English

    Home | University of Colorado Boulder

    Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.

  7. 07
    washington.edu Top 1K English

    UW Homepage – University of Washington

    public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States

  8. 08
    UC Davis ucdavis.edu Top 10K English

    University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis

    public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system

  9. 09
    University of Oregon uoregon.edu Top 10K English

    University of Oregon | Public Research University in Eugene

    Oregon's only AAU university. 300+ degrees, bold research, and a campus community designed for unconventional thinkers. Eugene, Oregon.

  10. 10
    University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu Top 1K English

    University of California, Berkeley: Home

    UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

  11. 11
    University of Arizona arizona.edu Top 10K English

    University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ

    The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?

  12. 12
    University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk Top 10K English

    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.

  13. 13
    University of Michigan umich.edu Top 1K English

    public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan

  14. 14
    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

  15. 15
    BYU byu.edu Top 10K English

    Home - BYU

    The official website of Brigham Young University | Provo, UT

  16. 16
    University of Toronto utoronto.ca Top 10K English

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    The University of Toronto - Error 403

  17. 17
    ku.edu Top 10K English

    Explore the home of the Jayhawks | The University of Kansas

    Excellence in academics and research at the University of Kansas powers the state and transforms the world.

  18. 18
    hku.hk Top 10K English

    index

    public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911

  19. 19
    University of Nebraska–Lincoln unl.edu Top 10K English

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    public university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

  20. 20
    University of Hamburg uni-hamburg.de Top 10K English

    UHH : University of Hamburg

    Discover the University of Hamburg – a top research university in Germany. Explore study programs research strengths and international options at UHH.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to uiowa.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Iowa uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of Iowa is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
  • Drupal header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://uiowa.edu/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=4.0.0
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.7.2/js/fontawesome.js
Fonts
Tag managers
Monitoring
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Drupal (header x-generator: Drupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org))
Email hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=tDq7zCvrNrUcAfae
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=ygNri5ECC84kT83856PFXv066QWSKzEEEa9AjYl…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=87525fec-abf7-4589-a5aa-d1cb7e3dc3f9
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=cRJtf1Ph06yQPxM6LYD04qyawWqAoJt-nOn8djR7Xuc
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-nvjyGxyTXOp055iSGSBF6M3E

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