Selectivity
87%
Total Students
38,988
UG 32,246
PG 6,742
Satisfaction Index
87%
Salary After Attending
$47,800
BASIC
| Web Site | www.iastate.edu |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Ames |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 32,246 |
| Women | 13,959 (43.29%) |
| Men | 18,287 (56.71%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 6,742 |
| Women | 3,255 (48.28%) |
| Men | 3,487 (51.72%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 87% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 33,364 |
| Graduation Rate | 71% |
| Retention Rate | 87 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | www.admissions.iastate.edu/ |
| Online Application URL | www.admissions.iastate.edu/apply/ |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 87 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | No |
| Early Action Application Deadline | - |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | ||||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 87% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 88% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 86% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 42% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 37% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 46% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 460 | 620 |
| SAT - Maths | 500 | 500 |
| ACT - Composite | 22 | 28 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | 21 | 28 |
| ACT - Maths | 21 | 28 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://www.financialaid.iastate.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://www.financialaid.iastate.edu/cost/net-price-calculator.php |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$21,583 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$8,356 |
Books and Supplies |
$995 |
Other Expenses |
$2,430 |
| Total | $33,364 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$22,861 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$8,356 |
Books and Supplies |
$995 |
Other Expenses |
$2,430 |
| Total | $34,642 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | Yes |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 294 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 15.0% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 7,124 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 20,94,456 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. | 126 | - | - |
| Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding. | - | 14 | 3 |
| Agricultural Animal Breeding. | - | 2 | 3 |
| Agricultural Mechanization, General. | 61 | - | - |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture. | - | 10 | 4 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science. | 77 | 21 | - |
| Animal Sciences, General. | 217 | 4 | 1 |
| Crop Production. | - | 6 | 2 |
| Dairy Science. | 15 | - | - |
| Farm/Farm and Ranch Management. | 127 | 5 | - |
| Food Science. | 45 | 3 | 4 |
| Horticultural Science. | 34 | 6 | - |
| International Agriculture. | 24 | - | - |
| Livestock Management. | - | 2 | - |
| Soil Science and Agronomy, General. | - | 8 | 2 |
| Category total | 726 | 81 | 19 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 70 | 23 | - |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | 13 | 15 | - |
| Landscape Architecture. | 34 | 9 | - |
| Category total | 117 | 47 | 0 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| Women's Studies. | 4 | - | - |
| Category total | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Animal Physiology. | - | 3 | 1 |
| Biochemistry. | 24 | 4 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics. | 1 | - | 6 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 174 | - | - |
| Biomedical Sciences, General. | - | 24 | 1 |
| Biophysics. | 2 | - | - |
| Biotechnology. | - | 1 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. | - | 2 | 8 |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. | - | 4 | 3 |
| Ecology. | 81 | - | - |
| Entomology. | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Genetics, General. | 50 | 5 | 13 |
| Microbiology, General. | 35 | - | 4 |
| Neuroscience. | - | - | 1 |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology. | - | 3 | 2 |
| Plant Physiology. | - | - | 4 |
| Toxicology. | - | 2 | 2 |
| Category total | 371 | 49 | 51 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 166 | 28 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 110 | 65 | 2 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 6 | - | - |
| Finance, General. | 208 | 7 | - |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General. | 40 | 2 | 6 |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. | 147 | - | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | 127 | - | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 217 | - | - |
| Meeting and Event Planning. | 106 | - | - |
| Category total | 1127 | 102 | 8 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Advertising. | 59 | - | - |
| Journalism. | 67 | 21 | - |
| Public Relations/Image Management. | 57 | - | - |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric. | 79 | - | - |
| Category total | 262 | 21 | 0 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance. | - | 17 | - |
| Computer Science. | 51 | 26 | 8 |
| Information Technology. | - | 19 | - |
| Category total | 51 | 62 | 8 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Agricultural Teacher Education. | 42 | 22 | - |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | - | 10 | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching. | 36 | - | - |
| Education, General. | - | 10 | 2 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | 16 | 20 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching. | 128 | 1 | - |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. | - | 72 | - |
| Mathematics Teacher Education. | - | 8 | - |
| Music Teacher Education. | 16 | - | - |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education. | - | 15 | - |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | - | 2 | - |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. | - | 4 | - |
| Category total | 222 | 160 | 23 |
| Engineering Technology, General. | |||
| Engineering/Industrial Management. | 71 | 7 | - |
| Category total | 71 | 7 | 0 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 117 | 11 | 8 |
| Agricultural Engineering. | 57 | 24 | 5 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 159 | 7 | 6 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 157 | 63 | 14 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 94 | 26 | 16 |
| Computer Software Engineering. | 48 | - | - |
| Construction Engineering. | 58 | - | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 108 | 33 | 17 |
| Electromechanical Engineering. | - | - | 1 |
| Engineering Mechanics. | - | 48 | 29 |
| Industrial Engineering. | 109 | 35 | 3 |
| Materials Engineering. | 50 | - | - |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 358 | - | - |
| Systems Engineering. | - | 22 | - |
| Category total | 1315 | 269 | 99 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| Creative Writing. | - | 9 | - |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 59 | 7 | - |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing. | 5 | - | 3 |
| Rhetoric and Composition. | - | 2 | - |
| Category total | 64 | 18 | 3 |
| Work and Family Studies. | |||
| Apparel and Textiles, General. | 120 | 3 | 6 |
| Family and Community Services. | 163 | - | - |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. | 27 | 8 | - |
| Family Resource Management Studies, General. | 15 | - | - |
| Human Development and Family Studies, General. | - | - | 6 |
| Human Nutrition. | - | 4 | 4 |
| Category total | 325 | 15 | 16 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Applied Linguistics. | - | - | 12 |
| Linguistics. | 18 | - | - |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 23 | - | - |
| Category total | 41 | 0 | 12 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Athletic Training/Trainer. | 23 | - | - |
| Dietetics/Dietitian. | 72 | - | - |
| Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator. | 14 | - | - |
| Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology. | - | 3 | 3 |
| Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health. | - | 5 | - |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General. | - | 1 | - |
| Category total | 109 | 10 | 4 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 62 | 7 | 1 |
| Category total | 62 | 7 | 1 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Administration. | 6 | 2 | - |
| Category total | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | 78 | - | - |
| Category total | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | - | 4 | 5 |
| Mathematics, General. | 43 | 3 | 3 |
| Statistics, General. | 21 | 20 | 9 |
| Category total | 64 | 27 | 17 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis. | - | 7 | - |
| Human Computer Interaction. | - | 40 | 6 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 86 | 8 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 35 | 4 | - |
| Sustainability Studies. | - | 4 | - |
| Category total | 121 | 63 | 6 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 41 | 3 | - |
| Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management. | - | 1 | - |
| Forest Sciences and Biology. | 21 | - | - |
| Forestry, General. | - | 1 | - |
| Category total | 62 | 5 | 0 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science. | 259 | 5 | 4 |
| Category total | 259 | 5 | 4 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 9 | - | - |
| Religion/Religious Studies. | 6 | - | - |
| Category total | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Analytical Chemistry. | - | 3 | 7 |
| Astrophysics. | - | - | 1 |
| Chemistry, General. | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. | - | 2 | 2 |
| Elementary Particle Physics. | - | - | 1 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Inorganic Chemistry. | - | 1 | 3 |
| Meteorology. | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| Nuclear Physics. | - | - | 2 |
| Organic Chemistry. | - | 2 | 3 |
| Physical Chemistry. | - | 2 | 1 |
| Physics, General. | 5 | - | 1 |
| Category total | 62 | 25 | 27 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Psychology, General. | 175 | 8 | 7 |
| Category total | 175 | 8 | 7 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 16 | 1 | - |
| Economics, General. | 27 | 6 | 14 |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 58 | - | - |
| Sociology. | 25 | 7 | 3 |
| Category total | 126 | 14 | 17 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Design and Visual Communications, General. | 52 | - | - |
| Fashion/Apparel Design. | 1 | - | - |
| Graphic Design. | 68 | 17 | - |
| Industrial and Product Design. | 33 | 1 | - |
| Interior Design. | 52 | 7 | - |
| Music, General. | 6 | - | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 12 | 5 | - |
| Category total | 224 | 30 | 0 |
| Grand total | 6059 | 1027 | 322 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 19 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 8% of classes 10-19 students: 24% of classes 20-29 students: 25% of classes 30-39 students: 11% of classes 40-49 students: 8% of classes 50-99 students: 15% of classes Over 100 students: 9% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing, cooperative housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 32,246 |
| Women (% of total) | 13,959 (43.29%) |
| Men (% of total) | 18,287 (56.71%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.26 % Asian - 2.89 % Black/African-American - 2.76 % Hispanic/Latino - 4.68 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.21 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.09 % White - 74.49 % Unknown - 5.05 % International Students - 7.57 % |
| All Graduate Students | 6,742 |
| Women (% of total) | 3,255 (48%) |
| Men (% of total) | 3,487 (52%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.36 % Asian - 2.33 % Black/African-American - 2.83 % Hispanic/Latino - 3 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 0.82 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.12 % White - 54.84 % Unknown - 6.05 % International Students - 29.66 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 87 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
71 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | 76% |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | 19.1% |
| Disciplines Pursued | Not reported |
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