Iowa State University

Ames, IA

School Background

2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 25,537
Graduate Enrollment: 4,900
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded: Graduate
Religious Affiliation: None

Campus Details

Small City (<100k)
Four-year, large, primarily residential // full-time, selective, higher transfer-in

Applicant and Admittance Traits

2022 Admission Rate: 91.12%

Male/Female: 54% / 46% (2017)

First generation college students: 19.9% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 1.7% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.2% (2017)

Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
2022 Median Admit SAT: 1,205
SAT 25th Percentile - 75th: 1083 - 1330

2022 Median Admit ACT: 25
ACT 25th Percentile - 75th: 21 - 28

Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 44.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 25.5% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 16.7% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 11.5% (2017)

Ethnicity Information

White: 77.1%
Black: 2.7%
Hispanic: 7.0%
Asian: 4.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 3.0%
Non-resident alien: 3.5%
Unknown race: 2.7%

Costs & Fees

2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $21,746
In-State tuition: $9,634
Out-of-State tuition: $25,446

Estimated books and supplies: $1,000 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $9,088 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $2,430 (2022)

Estimated off-campus room & board: $9,088 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $2,430 (2022)

Average Family Income: $94,163 (2017)
Median Family Income: $76,488 (2017)

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 19.8%
Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 47.9%

Median federal loan debt at graduation: $22,754 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $242 (2020)

Household Income Net Cost
0-$30k $8,148
$30k-48k $9,986
$48k-75k $12,717
$75k-110k $16,964
$110k+ $19,610

Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements

4-year graduation rate: 51%
6-year graduation rate: 76%

1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 97.3% (2020)

Loans

Median federal debt for graduates: $22,754 (2021)
Median federal debt for non-graduates: $7,985 (2021)

Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $19,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $19,500 (2021)

Ability to Repay Loans

Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment
(Non-delinquent/default)
Percentage
@1 Year 80.6% (2015)
@3 year 84.5% (2017)
@5 year 86.9% (2017)


1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 64.0% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 66.2% (2015)

Earnings Power

Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $47,452 (2020)
Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $57,669 (2020)

Popular Majors

Type of Degree Major 2022 Graduates Median Federal Debt Median Monthly Payment 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross)
Bachelor's Degree Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. 35 $25,687 $270 $37,649 ($3,137) $52,013 ($4,334)
Master's Degree Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. 11
Bachelor's Degree Health and Physical Education/Fitness. 254 $25,425 $246 $32,599 ($2,717) $53,773 ($4,481)
Master's Degree Health and Physical Education/Fitness. 9
Doctoral Degree Health and Physical Education/Fitness. 3
Bachelor's Degree Philosophy. 11 $21,906 $222
Bachelor's Degree Religion/Religious Studies. 5
Doctoral Degree Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1
Bachelor's Degree Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. 13
Master's Degree Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. 3
Doctoral Degree Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. 4
Bachelor's Degree Chemistry. 43 $23,250 $214 $45,729 ($3,811)
Master's Degree Chemistry. 5
Doctoral Degree Chemistry. 25
Bachelor's Degree Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. 21 $26,250 $263 $44,222 ($3,685)
Master's Degree Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. 6
Doctoral Degree Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. 3
Bachelor's Degree Physics. 14
Master's Degree Physics. 2
Doctoral Degree Physics. 11
Bachelor's Degree Psychology, General. 198 $23,121 $223 $33,978 ($2,832) $42,771 ($3,564)
Master's Degree Psychology, General. 7
Graduate/Professional Certificate Psychology, General. 3
Bachelor's Degree Criminal Justice and Corrections. 109 $23,250 $207 $41,454 ($3,455)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Criminal Justice and Corrections. 3
Bachelor's Degree Public Administration. 13
Bachelor's Degree Anthropology. 20 $27,607 $281 $25,225 ($2,102) $39,017 ($3,251)
Master's Degree Anthropology. 3
Bachelor's Degree Economics. 49 $23,414 $225 $53,590 ($4,466) $70,764 ($5,897)
Master's Degree Economics. 5
Doctoral Degree Economics. 6
Graduate/Professional Certificate Geography and Cartography. 13
Bachelor's Degree Political Science and Government. 63 $23,250 $236 $34,942 ($2,912) $50,541 ($4,212)
Bachelor's Degree Sociology. 49 $21,935 $211 $38,037 ($3,170) $50,992 ($4,249)
Master's Degree Sociology. 2
Doctoral Degree Sociology. 4
Bachelor's Degree Visual and Performing Arts, General. 9
Master's Degree Visual and Performing Arts, General. 4
Bachelor's Degree Design and Applied Arts. 252 $27,000 $282 $36,788 ($3,066) $49,449 ($4,121)
Master's Degree Design and Applied Arts. 18 $21,078 ($1,757) $58,526 ($4,877)
Bachelor's Degree Music. 10
Bachelor's Degree Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. 12 $27,000 $286 $51,346 ($4,279)
First Professional Degree Veterinary Medicine. 151
Master's Degree Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. 4
Doctoral Degree Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. 4
Graduate/Professional Certificate Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. 2
Bachelor's Degree Medical Illustration and Informatics. 14 $22,059 $234
Bachelor's Degree Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. 57 $21,000 $197 $47,761 ($3,980)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services. 151
Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 351 $22,250 $217 $54,028 ($4,502) $68,354 ($5,696)
Master's Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 1 $258 $86,806 ($7,234) $91,318 ($7,610)
Doctoral Degree Business Administration, Management and Operations. 3
Bachelor's Degree Accounting and Related Services. 174 $23,250 $236 $53,116 ($4,426) $66,452 ($5,538)
Bachelor's Degree Business/Managerial Economics. 21 $62,765 ($5,230)
Bachelor's Degree Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. 15 $21,500 $220
Bachelor's Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 269 $21,750 $208 $53,522 ($4,460) $64,793 ($5,399)
Master's Degree Finance and Financial Management Services. 14
Bachelor's Degree Hospitality Administration/Management. 140 $20,998 $212 $35,840 ($2,987) $47,358 ($3,947)
Doctoral Degree Hospitality Administration/Management. 9
Bachelor's Degree International Business. 21 $47,627 ($3,969)
Master's Degree Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 24
Graduate/Professional Certificate Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. 10
Bachelor's Degree Marketing. 348 $23,250 $228 $44,686 ($3,724) $60,108 ($5,009)
Bachelor's Degree History. 52 $26,007 $233 $34,140 ($2,845) $40,853 ($3,404)
Master's Degree History. 2
Doctoral Degree History. 1
Bachelor's Degree Agricultural Business and Management. 276 $16,972 $159 $50,664 ($4,222) $59,766 ($4,981)
Master's Degree Agricultural Business and Management. 1
Master's Degree Natural Resources Conservation and Research. 6
Bachelor's Degree Agricultural Mechanization. 64 $20,946 $207 $60,577 ($5,048) $66,079 ($5,507)
Master's Degree Agricultural Production Operations. 8
Doctoral Degree Agricultural Production Operations. 5
Bachelor's Degree International Agriculture. 41 $22,250 $228 $46,790 ($3,899) $46,231 ($3,853)
Bachelor's Degree Animal Sciences. 230 $21,500 $217 $36,712 ($3,059) $47,285 ($3,940)
Master's Degree Animal Sciences. 11
Doctoral Degree Animal Sciences. 7
Bachelor's Degree Food Science and Technology. 40 $26,254 $249 $49,970 ($4,164) $59,332 ($4,944)
Master's Degree Food Science and Technology. 4 $207
Doctoral Degree Food Science and Technology. 2
Graduate/Professional Certificate Food Science and Technology. 2
Bachelor's Degree Landscape Architecture. 32 $29,750 $312 $53,030 ($4,419) $61,464 ($5,122)
Bachelor's Degree Plant Sciences. 135 $20,500 $181 $45,010 ($3,751) $50,545 ($4,212)
Master's Degree Plant Sciences. 47 $74,347 ($6,196) $83,923 ($6,994)
Doctoral Degree Plant Sciences. 11
Graduate/Professional Certificate Plant Sciences. 42
Master's Degree Soil Sciences. 4
Doctoral Degree Soil Sciences. 4
Bachelor's Degree Natural Resources Conservation and Research. 80 $22,227 $203 $29,945 ($2,495) $54,860 ($4,572)
Doctoral Degree Natural Resources Conservation and Research. 6
Master's Degree Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management. 1
Bachelor's Degree Forestry. 29 $19,437 $199 $36,549 ($3,046) $40,488 ($3,374)
Master's Degree Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. 2
Bachelor's Degree City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. 29 $27,000 $257 $42,091 ($3,508) $59,624 ($4,969)
Master's Degree City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. 15 $62,679 ($5,223)
Master's Degree Environmental Design. 7
Master's Degree Landscape Architecture. 7
Doctoral Degree Educational/Instructional Media Design. 5
Bachelor's Degree Architectural Sciences and Technology. 77 $31,000 $329
Master's Degree Architectural Sciences and Technology. 24 $55,058 ($4,588)
Bachelor's Degree Area Studies. 16 $33,249 ($2,771) $57,606 ($4,801)
Bachelor's Degree Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies. 5
Bachelor's Degree Communication and Media Studies. 73 $19,425 $179 $38,651 ($3,221) $45,673 ($3,806)
Bachelor's Degree Journalism. 67 $23,250 $246 $35,932 ($2,994) $47,655 ($3,971)
Master's Degree Journalism. 8
Master's Degree Civil Engineering. 42 $76,390 ($6,366) $77,010 ($6,418)
Doctoral Degree Civil Engineering. 35
Bachelor's Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. 144 $24,750 $245 $41,539 ($3,462) $53,543 ($4,462)
Bachelor's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 214 $24,438 $238 $60,982 ($5,082)
Master's Degree Computer and Information Sciences, General. 86
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science. 87 $24,663 $231 $75,053 ($6,254) $94,712 ($7,893)
Master's Degree Computer Science. 33
Doctoral Degree Computer Science. 8
Master's Degree Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. 61
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. 5
Master's Degree Education, General. 7 $233 $46,299 ($3,858) $54,373 ($4,531)
Doctoral Degree Education, General. 9
Master's Degree Curriculum and Instruction. 14
Doctoral Degree Curriculum and Instruction. 2
Graduate/Professional Certificate Curriculum and Instruction. 5
Master's Degree Educational Administration and Supervision. 48
Doctoral Degree Educational Administration and Supervision. 8
Graduate/Professional Certificate Educational Administration and Supervision. 18
Graduate/Professional Certificate Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research. 3
Graduate/Professional Certificate Special Education and Teaching. 1
Bachelor's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. 226 $25,000 $239 $41,530 ($3,461) $44,376 ($3,698)
Graduate/Professional Certificate Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. 1
Bachelor's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 80 $19,000 $188 $44,422 ($3,702) $47,774 ($3,981)
Master's Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 46
Doctoral Degree Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 4
Graduate/Professional Certificate Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. 2
Master's Degree Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. 6
Bachelor's Degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. 122 $26,572 $276 $72,739 ($6,062) $81,428 ($6,786)
Master's Degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. 14
Doctoral Degree Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. 8
Bachelor's Degree Agricultural Engineering. 77 $21,500 $220 $68,542 ($5,712) $75,259 ($6,272)
Master's Degree Agricultural Engineering. 12 $74,658 ($6,222)
Doctoral Degree Agricultural Engineering. 10
Master's Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 41
Doctoral Degree Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 19
Graduate/Professional Certificate Biomedical/Medical Engineering. 1
Master's Degree Systems Engineering. 9
Graduate/Professional Certificate Systems Engineering. 4
Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering. 152 $20,188 $213 $71,069 ($5,922) $87,688 ($7,307)
Master's Degree Chemical Engineering. 15
Doctoral Degree Chemical Engineering. 12
Bachelor's Degree Civil Engineering. 161 $25,250 $259 $67,670 ($5,639) $77,365 ($6,447)
Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering. 241 $24,337 $252 $74,814 ($6,235) $95,433 ($7,953)
Master's Degree Computer Engineering. 53
Doctoral Degree Computer Engineering. 11
Graduate/Professional Certificate Computer Engineering. 1
Bachelor's Degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering. 132 $26,997 $265 $79,805 ($6,650) $92,805 ($7,734)
Master's Degree Engineering Mechanics. 42
Doctoral Degree Engineering Mechanics. 40
Graduate/Professional Certificate Engineering Mechanics. 1
Bachelor's Degree Materials Engineering 55 $23,125 $244 $66,531 ($5,544) $73,620 ($6,135)
Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering. 473 $23,500 $242 $68,268 ($5,689) $81,779 ($6,815)
Bachelor's Degree Construction Engineering. 83 $20,500 $208 $72,388 ($6,032) $85,601 ($7,133)
Bachelor's Degree Industrial Engineering. 156 $23,750 $246 $69,214 ($5,768) $77,569 ($6,464)
Master's Degree Industrial Engineering. 21 $104,099 ($8,675) $103,019 ($8,585)
Doctoral Degree Industrial Engineering. 6
Doctoral Degree Electromechanical Engineering. 2
Master's Degree Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians. 5
Graduate/Professional Certificate Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians. 11
Bachelor's Degree Engineering-Related Fields. 98 $25,236 $246 $64,347 ($5,362) $71,186 ($5,932)
Master's Degree Engineering-Related Fields. 18
Bachelor's Degree Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. 14 $24,793 $246 $27,198 ($2,267)
Bachelor's Degree Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. 55 $23,748 $257 $39,398 ($3,283) $45,851 ($3,821)
Bachelor's Degree Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. 18 $23,250 $199 $39,354 ($3,280) $44,662 ($3,722)
Master's Degree Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. 19
Graduate/Professional Certificate Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. 5
Bachelor's Degree Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies. 8 $18,062 $170 $37,978 ($3,165)
Master's Degree Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. 3
Doctoral Degree Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. 4
Bachelor's Degree Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 135 $24,958 $213 $32,258 ($2,688) $41,105 ($3,425)
Master's Degree Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 6
Doctoral Degree Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 6
Graduate/Professional Certificate Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. 3
Bachelor's Degree Apparel and Textiles. 120 $23,204 $229 $39,030 ($3,253) $48,648 ($4,054)
Master's Degree Apparel and Textiles. 2
Doctoral Degree Apparel and Textiles. 7
Graduate/Professional Certificate Apparel and Textiles. 1
Bachelor's Degree English Language and Literature, General. 73 $24,000 $250 $35,051 ($2,921) $37,906 ($3,159)
Master's Degree English Language and Literature, General. 5 $48,065 ($4,005)
Bachelor's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 10 $38,667 ($3,222)
Master's Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 11
Doctoral Degree Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. 4
Bachelor's Degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. 85 $28,623 $284 $35,769 ($2,981) $36,326 ($3,027)
Bachelor's Degree Biology, General. 188 $24,614 $237 $28,980 ($2,415) $51,094 ($4,258)
Master's Degree Biology, General. 43 $256 $25,160 ($2,097)
Doctoral Degree Biology, General. 1
Bachelor's Degree Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 38 $19,477 $201 $38,389 ($3,199)
Doctoral Degree Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 6
Graduate/Professional Certificate Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 1
Master's Degree Botany/Plant Biology. 3
Doctoral Degree Botany/Plant Biology. 3
Master's Degree Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. 1
Doctoral Degree Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. 6
Bachelor's Degree Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. 34 $22,500 $241 $38,153 ($3,179) $52,852 ($4,404)
Master's Degree Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. 4
Doctoral Degree Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. 3
Master's Degree Zoology/Animal Biology. 2
Doctoral Degree Zoology/Animal Biology. 2
Bachelor's Degree Genetics. 46 $21,631 $229 $25,652 ($2,138) $49,980 ($4,165)
Master's Degree Genetics. 4
Doctoral Degree Genetics. 15
Master's Degree Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2
Doctoral Degree Pharmacology and Toxicology. 5
Bachelor's Degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. 2
Doctoral Degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. 7
Doctoral Degree Biotechnology. 3
Bachelor's Degree Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. 96 $24,347 $228 $26,318 ($2,193) $39,711 ($3,309)
Master's Degree Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. 6
Doctoral Degree Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. 5
Doctoral Degree Neurobiology and Neurosciences. 5
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics. 60 $22,942 $230 $50,611 ($4,218) $58,347 ($4,862)
Master's Degree Mathematics. 7
Doctoral Degree Mathematics. 6
Graduate/Professional Certificate Mathematics. 1
Master's Degree Applied Mathematics. 4
Doctoral Degree Applied Mathematics. 4
Bachelor's Degree Statistics. 37 $23,625 $243 $51,507 ($4,292)
Master's Degree Statistics. 18
Doctoral Degree Statistics. 19
Master's Degree Gerontology. 2
Doctoral Degree Gerontology. 1
Doctoral Degree Psychology, General. 11
Bachelor's Degree Nutrition Sciences. 24 $16,474 $156 $33,869 ($2,822) $50,439 ($4,203)
Master's Degree Nutrition Sciences. 4
Master's Degree Human Computer Interaction. 30
Doctoral Degree Human Computer Interaction. 5
Graduate/Professional Certificate Human Computer Interaction. 2
Graduate/Professional Certificate Public Administration. 51
Master's Degree Public Policy Analysis. 7


Campus Resources

Average faculty salary: $106,164
Full time faculty: 85%

Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 18.0

School's endowment start of year: $1,034,248,323 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $1,403,260,018 (2022)