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Iowa State University Overview

Iowa State University is a public institution situated in Ames, Iowa. The location of Iowa State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Iowa State University Known For?

6,467 Undergraduate Awards
$28,315 Avg Cost After Aid
90% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Iowa State is the doctor's degree.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 85% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Iowa State with a bachelor's degree make about $63,386 a year. That's 55% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Iowa State University?

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Contact details for Iowa State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1750 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2103
Phone: 515-294-4111
Website: www.iastate.edu

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How Do I Get Into Iowa State?

You can apply to Iowa State online at: https://apps.admissions.iastate.edu/myaccount/

Admission Requirements for Iowa State

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Iowa State?

90% Acceptance Rate
47% Of Accepted Are Women
19% Submit SAT Scores
Since Iowa State has an acceptance rate of 90%, 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 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to Iowa State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Iowa State University  ( 540 to 660 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Iowa State University  ( 550 to 690 )
200
800
Iowa State received ACT scores from 57% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

ACT English Scores for Iowa State University  ( 19 to 27 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Iowa State University  ( 21 to 28 )
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36

Can I Afford Iowa State University?

$28,315 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Iowa State is $28,315. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Iowa State, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,620 a year. That adds up to $30,480 over four years for those students.

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Iowa State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

25,271 Full-Time Undergraduates
44% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 26,843 undergraduate students at Iowa State, with 25,271 being full-time and 1,572 being part-time.

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There are also 4,979 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 25,271 full-time undergraduates at Iowa State, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Iowa State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 981
Black or African American 640
Hispanic or Latino 1,631
White 19,454
International Students 952
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,613

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Iowa State University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 120 countries are represented at Iowa State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Malaysia.

Iowa State University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 345 6 0 12 363
Mechanical Engineering 356 0 0 0 356
Marketing 331 0 0 0 331
Computer Information Systems 174 2 123 0 299
Computer Engineering 243 0 30 9 282
General Psychology 246 3 9 7 265
Health & Physical Education 250 0 4 2 256
Animal Science 235 2 6 7 250
Design & Applied Arts 216 1 19 0 236
Teacher Education Grade Specific 231 2 0 0 233
Finance & Financial Management 212 2 6 0 220
General Biology 158 0 31 4 193
Agricultural Economics & Business 177 0 0 0 177
Civil Engineering 123 1 18 18 160
Accounting 118 0 39 0 157
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 156 156
Plant Sciences 112 3 33 7 155
Computer Science 106 0 29 16 151
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 121 0 12 5 138
Industrial Engineering 102 4 12 15 133
Chemical Engineering 94 0 4 15 113
Electrical Engineering 112 0 0 0 112
Criminal Justice & Corrections 110 0 0 0 110
Natural Resources Conservation 92 0 6 9 107
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 102 0 2 2 106
Hospitality Management 91 0 4 5 100
Engineering-Related Fields 84 0 12 0 96
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 67 18 7 0 92
Textile & Apparel Studies 76 2 4 6 88
Architectural Sciences & Technology 73 0 14 0 87
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 38 0 43 0 81
Public Relations & Advertising 80 0 0 0 80
Agricultural Engineering 62 0 7 11 80
Teacher Education Subject Specific 66 0 11 0 77
Political Science & Government 74 0 0 0 74
Mathematics 59 3 4 6 72
Communication & Media Studies 70 0 0 0 70
General English Literature 65 0 4 0 69
History 58 0 8 0 66
Liberal Arts General Studies 66 0 0 0 66
Human Development & Family Studies 48 1 4 12 65
General Education 55 0 0 8 63
Engineering Mechanics 0 0 25 36 61
Statistics 26 0 12 21 59
Construction Engineering 58 0 0 0 58
Human Computer Interaction 0 5 47 6 58
Chemistry 27 0 3 28 58
Biomedical Engineering 0 1 36 19 56
General Sales & Marketing 0 55 0 0 55
Economics 36 0 7 11 54
Genetics 30 0 3 19 52
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 35 1 4 11 51
Journalism 44 0 7 0 51
Entrepreneurial Studies 48 1 0 0 49
Romance Languages 47 0 0 0 47
Agricultural Mechanization 45 0 0 0 45
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 32 0 3 10 45
Urban & Regional Planning 29 0 9 0 38
Materials Engineering 37 0 0 0 37
Sustainability Science 26 0 11 0 37
Sociology 29 0 2 2 33
Anthropology 25 0 7 0 32
International Agriculture 31 0 0 0 31
Writing Studies 14 0 12 5 31
Educational Administration 0 4 24 2 30
Forestry 30 0 0 0 30
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 29 0 0 0 29
General Family & Consumer Sciences 7 3 18 0 28
Physics 16 0 4 7 27
Food Science Technology 17 1 3 5 26
Geological & Earth Sciences 17 0 7 1 25
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 14 0 4 5 23
Public Administration 10 3 10 0 23
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 11 9 20
Agricultural Production 0 8 7 4 19
Soil Sciences 0 12 3 4 19
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 19 0 0 0 19
Nutrition Science 14 0 5 0 19
Geography & Cartography 0 19 0 0 19
Agricultural Public Services 0 1 16 1 18
Allied Health Professions 9 0 9 0 18
Computational Science 16 2 0 0 18
International Business 16 0 0 0 16
Family & Consumer Economics 16 0 0 0 16
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 8 0 0 7 15
Business/Managerial Economics 15 0 0 0 15
Information Technology 0 1 14 0 15
Environmental Engineering 15 0 0 0 15
General Visual & Performing Arts 11 0 3 0 14
Curriculum & Instruction 0 7 5 0 12
Human Resource Management 11 0 0 0 11
Ethnic Studies 11 0 0 0 11
Nursing 10 0 0 0 10
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 2 7 9
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 2 7 9
Area Studies 9 0 0 0 9
Philosophy 9 0 0 0 9
Music 9 0 0 0 9
Systems Engineering 0 1 5 0 6
Medical Illustration & Informatics 6 0 0 0 6
Applied Mathematics 0 0 2 4 6
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 3 2 5
Real Estate 0 0 5 0 5
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 4 0 1 0 5
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 2 2 4
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 4 4
Wildlife Management 0 0 2 2 4
Landscape Architecture 0 0 3 0 3
Teaching English or French 0 1 2 0 3
Special Education 0 0 2 0 2
Quality Control Technology 0 2 0 0 2
Gerontology 0 1 0 1 2
Fisheries Sciences 0 0 2 0 2
Religious Studies 2 0 0 0 2
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 1 1 2
Zoology 0 0 1 0 1
Computer Software & Applications 0 1 0 0 1
Engineering Physics 0 0 0 1 1
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 1 0 1
Security Science and Technology 0 1 0 0 1
Environmental Design 0 0 0 0 0
General Architecture 0 0 0 0 0
Biotechnology 0 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0 0
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0
Energy Systems Technologies 0 0 0 0 0
Electromechanical Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Energy Systems Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0 0
Historic Preservation 0 0 0 0 0
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6,467 181 872 576 8,096

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.

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