Computational Science at Iowa State University

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computational science, take a look at what Iowa State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Computational Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Science

Iowa State Computational Science Rankings

The computational science major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computational Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Computational Science Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational science majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Computational Science Bachelor’s Program

25% Women

31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of computational science bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computational science at Iowa State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computational science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in computational science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computational Science

Computational Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computational Science	10

Careers That Computational Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Computer Workers	2,350	$78,810
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$127,440

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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