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Iowa State University

General Information

Name: Iowa State University
Address: , Ames, IA 50011
Phone:

  • General information: (515) 294-5836
  • Financial aid office: (515) 294-2223
  • Admissions office: (515) 294-5836

Website: www.iastate.edu
Type of Institution: Public, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Estimated Student Expenses

Undergraduate academic year prices
Detailed expenses2006-072005-062004-05
Tuition and fees
        In-state$5,860$5,634$5,426
        Out-of-state$16,354$15,724$15,128
Books and supplies$892$892$850
Living arrangement
On-campus
        Room and board$6,329$6,197$5,958
        Other expenses$3,269$3,160$3,086
Off-campus
        Room and board$8,143$7,830$7,700
        Other expenses$4,668$4,514$4,160
Off-campus with family
        Other expenses$4,668$4,514$4,160

Total expenses   
In-state
        On-campus$16,350$15,883$15,320
        Off-campus$19,563$18,870$18,136
        Off-campus with family$11,420$11,040$10,436
Out-of-state
        On-campus$26,844$25,973$25,022
        Off-campus$30,057$28,960$27,838
        Off-campus with family$21,914$21,130$20,138

Financial Aid Recipients

    Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
  • Any form of aid: 86%
  • Federal grants: 21%
  • State/local grants: 11%
  • Institutional grants: 68%
  • Student loans: 62%
    Average Amount of Aid Received:
  • Federal grants:$2833
  • State/local grants:$1113
  • Institutional grants:$3526
  • Student loans:$8694

Admissions

Undergraduate application fee (2006-07):$30
Undergraduate Admissions
Fall 2005
TotalMenWomen
Number of applicants9,1014,9834,118
Percent admitted90.3%89.3%91.5%
Percent admitted who enrolled
Full-time45.7%47.7%43.3%
Part-time0.2%0.3%0.1%

Enrollment

Total enrollment: 25741
Undergraduate enrollment: 20732
First-time student retention: 86%
Overall graduation rate: 68%

Characteristics of undergraduate students

    • Attendance:
    • Full Time: 94%
    • Part Time: 6%
    • Gender:
    • Men: 56%
    • Women: 44%

White non-hispanic: 84%
Black non-hispanic: 3%
Hispanic: 2%
Asian/pacific islander: 3%
American indian/alaska native: 0%
Other: 7%

Degrees offered

    Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations - Bachelor
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding - Master, Doctor
  • Agricultural Animal Breeding - Master, Doctor
  • Agricultural Economics - Master, Doctor
  • Agricultural Mechanization, General - Bachelor
  • Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Agronomy and Crop Science - Bachelor, Master
  • Animal Nutrition - Master, Doctor
  • Animal Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Animal Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Crop Production - Master, Doctor
  • Dairy Science - Bachelor
  • Farm/Farm and Ranch Management - Bachelor, Master
  • Food Science - Bachelor
  • Food Science and Technology, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Horticultural Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • International Agriculture - Bachelor
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management - Bachelor
  • Plant Sciences, Other - Bachelor
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General - Master, Doctor
    Architecture and Related Services
  • Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) - Bachelor, Master
  • City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning - Bachelor, Master
  • Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) - Bachelor, Master
    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
  • Area Studies, Other - Bachelor
  • Russian Studies - Bachelor
  • Women's Studies - Bachelor
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Animal Physiology - Master, Doctor
  • Biochemistry - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other - Bachelor
  • Bioinformatics - Master, Doctor
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor
  • Biophysics - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Botany/Plant Biology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Ecology - Bachelor, Master
  • Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Entomology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Genetics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Microbiology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Physiology, General - Master, Doctor
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology - Master, Doctor
  • Plant Physiology - Master, Doctor
  • Toxicology - Master, Doctor
  • Zoology/Animal Biology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
  • Accounting - Bachelor, Master
  • Business Administration and Management, General - Master
  • Finance, General - Bachelor
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce - Bachelor
  • Labor and Industrial Relations - Master
  • Logistics and Materials Management - Bachelor
  • Management Information Systems, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Management Science, General - Bachelor
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General - Bachelor
  • Operations Management and Supervision - Bachelor
  • Transportation/Transportation Management - Bachelor, Master
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Advertising - Bachelor
  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric - Bachelor
  • Journalism - Bachelor, Master
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer and Information Systems Security - Master
    Education
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching - Master, Doctor
  • Agricultural Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services - Master, Doctor
  • Curriculum and Instruction - Master, Doctor
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  • Education, General - Master, Doctor
  • Education, Other - Master
  • Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement - Master, Doctor
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General - Master, Doctor
  • Elementary Education and Teaching - Bachelor, Master
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Health Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration - Master, Doctor
  • Mathematics Teacher Education - Master
  • Music Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education - Master
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education - Master
  • Special Education and Teaching, General - Master
  • Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor - Master
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Engineering
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Master, Doctor
  • Chemical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Civil Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Construction Engineering - Bachelor
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Engineering Mechanics - Master, Doctor
  • Engineering Science - Bachelor
  • Engineering, Other - Bachelor
  • Industrial Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Materials Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Operations Research - Master
  • Systems Engineering - Master
    English Language and Literature/Letters
  • English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Speech and Rhetorical Studies - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Technical and Business Writing - Bachelor
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
  • Apparel and Textiles, General - Master, Doctor
  • Family and Community Services - Bachelor
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General - Master
  • Family Resource Management Studies, General - Bachelor
  • Housing and Human Environments, General - Bachelor
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General - Master, Doctor
  • Human Nutrition - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • French Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • German Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Linguistics - Bachelor
  • Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
  • Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) - Bachelor
  • Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator - Bachelor
  • Veterinary Anatomy (Cert, MS, PhD) - Master, Doctor
  • Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD) - Master
  • Veterinary Medicine (DVM) - First Professional
  • Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert, MS, PhD) - Master, Doctor
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (Cert, MS, PhD) - Doctor
  • Veterinary Preventive Med Epidemiology/Public Hlth (Cert,MS,PhD) - Master
    History
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology - Master, Doctor
  • History, General - Bachelor, Master
  • History, Other - Doctor
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies - Bachelor
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics - Master, Doctor
  • Mathematics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Statistics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Neuroscience - Master, Doctor
    Natural Resources and Conservation
  • Environmental Science - Bachelor
  • Environmental Studies - Bachelor
  • Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management - Master, Doctor
  • Forestry, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other - Master, Doctor
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other - Master
  • Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management - Master, Doctor
    Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies
  • Health and Physical Education, General - Bachelor, Master
    Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Philosophy - Bachelor
  • Religion/Religious Studies - Bachelor
    Physical Sciences
  • Analytical Chemistry - Master, Doctor
  • Astrophysics - Master, Doctor
  • Chemistry, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Geology/Earth Science, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Inorganic Chemistry - Master, Doctor
  • Meteorology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Nuclear Physics - Master, Doctor
  • Organic Chemistry - Master, Doctor
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Master, Doctor
  • Physics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Physics, Other - Master, Doctor
    Psychology
  • Psychology, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Public Administration and Social Service Professions
  • Public Administration - Bachelor, Master
    Social Sciences
  • Anthropology - Bachelor, Master
  • Economics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Sociology - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Visual and Performing Arts
  • Design and Visual Communications, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Fashion/Apparel Design - Bachelor
  • Graphic Design - Bachelor, Master
  • Interior Design - Bachelor, Master
  • Music, General - Bachelor
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General - Bachelor, Master


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