Iowa State University

Iowa State University, or ISU, was founded in 1858 as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university adopted its present name in 1959.

The main campus encompasses more than 1,900 acres in Ames, Iowa.

U.S. News & World Report ranked Iowa State among the top 50 public national universities. Half of ISU freshmen participate in ISU's learning communities, which were ranked in the top 25 nationally in the publication in 2005. These help launch the students to academic success.

The world's first electronic computer was invented on the campus in the late 1930s, according to ABC Computer magazine. The Ames Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy research facility operated under contract by ISU, is at the forefront of materials research, high-performance computing and analytical science.

ISU offers more than 90 Bachelors degree programs and 100 Masters Programs. The school is divided into the following academic divisions:

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Business
College of Design
College of Engineering
College of Human Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Graduate College

ISU has an active Greek community and offers more than 45 chapters-- involving 11% of its undergraduate students.

Iowa State fields 18 intercollegiate teams, known as the Cyclones, in the Big 12 Conference.

Among the famous alumni of Iowa State are George Washington Carver, internationally famous plant scientist and the school's first African-American student and faculty member; Carrie Chapman Catt, leader of the women's suffragette movement and cofounder of the League of Women Voters; Samuel P. Massie, chemist; Clayton Anderson, astronaut, currently on the International Space Station; Nancy Cox, chief of the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Allen Jacobson, former president and chairman of 3M, employed there for 44 years; Elwood Mead, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation during the construction of Hoover Dam, and for whom Lake Mead is named; and Carl Sanderson, undefeated four-year ISU wrestler, Gold Medalist at 2004 Olympic Games.

Campus Location

Ames, IA 50011-2030
USA
Main Tel: (515) 294-5836
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in engineering, nutrition and exercise therapy, landscaping and horticulture, conservation and resource management, design, mathematics, animal science and care, and agricultural science and management.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
High male/female ratio.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Number of dorm rooms for students.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Weekend study option
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	4,404	98
Master	787	117
Doctorale	308	84
First-professional degree	105	1

Students

Student enrollment was 26,160 in 2007-2008 (23,333 full-time equivalent).

About 100% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 0% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students, graduate students are 19%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

About 3% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 97% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 56% are full-time and 44% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 6,360
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 17,350
Room	$ 3,659
Board	$ 3,297
Books and supplies	$ 984
Other	$ 3,400

Financial Aid: Iowa State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Iowa State:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University Park, PA	43,252
2	Texas A & M University	College Station, TX	46,542
3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	29,898
4	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	17,585
5	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN	40,534
6	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, CA	19,777
7	University of Colorado at Boulder	Boulder, CO	31,796
8	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	31,802
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	41,042
10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	42,326

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		812
Without tenure; working toward tenure		315
Without tenure; tenure not available		264

Housing and Meals

Iowa State provides on-campus housing for 9,287 of its 23,333 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Twelve Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 159 male students received the aid (men were 52% of those receiving aid) and 145 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 48% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	88%
Women	90%
All	89%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	510-640
Math	530-680

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (206 awarded)

Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Mechanization
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Crop Production
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
Food Science
Food Science and Technology
International Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (118 awarded)

Agricultural Animal Breeding
Animal Nutrition
Animal Sciences
Dairy Science

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (169 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (15 awarded)

Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (942 awarded)

Accounting
Business Administration and Management
Business/Managerial Economics
Finance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Labor and Industrial Relations
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing/Marketing Management
Operations Management and Supervision
Transportation/Transportation Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (176 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer and Information Systems Security

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (44 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
Forest Sciences and Biology
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Natural Resources and Conservation
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (8 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (331 awarded)

Design and Visual Communications
Fashion/Apparel Design
Graphic Design
Interior Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (453 awarded)

Agricultural Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
Educational Leadership and Administration
Elementary Education and Teaching
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
Health Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Special Education and Teaching
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (906 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Construction Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Operations Research
Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (135 awarded)

Family Resource Management Studies
Family and Community Services
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Housing and Human Environments
Human Development and Family Studies
Human Nutrition
Public Administration

HOSPITALITY (70 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (112 awarded)

Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Agronomy and Crop Science
Horticultural Science
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
Plant Sciences
Soil Science and Agronomy

LIBERAL ARTS (628 awarded)

Anthropology
Area Studies
Creative Writing
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
History
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Studies
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Technical and Business Writing
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (61 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (236 awarded)

Advertising
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

MEDICINE (119 awarded)

Neuroscience
Veterinary Anatomy (Cert, MS, PhD)
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD)
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Veterinary Preventive Med Epidemiology/Public Hlth (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (10 awarded)

Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (228 awarded)

Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Nutrition Sciences

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (434 awarded)

Analytical Chemistry
Animal Physiology
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Botany/Plant Biology
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
Chemistry
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
Entomology
Genetics
Geology/Earth Science
Inorganic Chemistry
Meteorology
Microbiology
Nuclear Physics
Organic Chemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Physics
Physiology
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
Plant Physiology
Toxicology
Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (179 awarded)

Psychology