Life in Fairfield, Iowa
Photos: Paul Delisle
Innovative, Entrepreneurial, and Sustainable
Our campus is located in peaceful Fairfield, Iowa, the perfect small town to study, raise a family, enjoy nature, or escape from the busy demands of larger cities. Fairfield has frequently been featured in the national media as a great place to live, earning distinctions such as one of Iowa’s “Great Places” and being dubbed “America’s most unusual town” by Oprah. The city supports an engaged and eclectic community of artists, entrepreneurs, and families. Fairfield is truly unique; it has come to be known as Iowa’s most creative and eclectic small city and there really is no place like it in the world.
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You may be surprised to discover that a city like Fairfield exists tucked away between cornfields and rolling hills. In fact, Fairfield often feels like a metropolitan community with a diverse community, in large part due to the students our University attracts from all across the world.
Fairfield residents tend to be spiritual, creative, and entrepreneurial with a focus on health and sustainability. Fairfield is home to many startups and small businesses, with over $200 million of venture capital invested locally, including multiple local solar installation companies and tech startups.
Fairfield offers a vast selection of entertainment, community, and dining options, with the local Sondheim Theater for the Performing Arts the go-to theater for live performances in Southeast Iowa. Fairfield Iowa has even been named ‘Iowa’s most restaurants per capita’ in 2016 by the Des Moines Register, with 30+ restaurants in town.
Fairfield supports a healthy, active community with First Friday ArtWalks and events on the first Friday of each month, and a lively farmers market on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Fairfield residents also enjoy a brand-new recreation and sports complex featuring an indoor and outdoor pool, exercise equipment, an indoor track, a hot tub, sauna, yoga classes, basketball courts, batting cages, and more!
Whatever you enjoy doing, you’ll find it here.
Fairfield supports a healthy, active community with First Friday ArtWalks and events on the first Friday of each month, and a lively farmers market on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. Fairfield residents also enjoy a brand-new recreation and sports complex featuring an indoor and outdoor pool, exercise equipment, an indoor track, a hot tub, sauna, yoga classes, basketball courts, batting cages, and more!
Whatever you enjoy doing, you’ll find it here.
If you enjoy the outdoors, Fairfield’s 17-mile loop trail is perfect for walking, jogging, and mountain biking. Fairfield is home to 12 city and county parks, featuring a variety of ecosystems including lakes, wetlands, prairie, and woods, with scenic views during all four seasons. With our exclusive consciousness-based education and the Transcendental Meditation technique, Fairfield’s beautiful and peaceful nature offers the perfect get-away environment to rest, recover, and re-discover your inner self, and you can do this all while starting a new career path by earning your Master’s Degree in Software Development from MIU.