Iowa State University

Research Universities (very high research activity)
Undergraduate	Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
Graduate	Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate Population	Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
Enrollment	High undergraduate
Size & Setting	Large four-year, primarily residential

Title IV Eligibility	Participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition
Religious Affiliation	N/A
Congressional District	1904

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Iowa State University?
1043rd for total cost of attendance
	In District	In State	Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition	$5,756	$5,756	$16,976
FT Undergraduate Required Fees	$895	$895	$895
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour	$240	$240	$708

FT Graduate Tuition	$6,716	$6,716	$17,816
FT Graduate Required Fees	$849	$849	$849
PT Graduate per Credit Hour	$374	$374	$990

Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus	$18,366	$18,366	$29,586
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family	$21,725	$21,725	$32,945
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family	$13,175	$13,175	$24,395

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
	In District	In State	Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees	$6,161↓ $6,360	$6,161↓ $6,360	$16,919↓ $17,350

	Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies	$978↓ $984
On-Campus – Room & Board	$6,715↓ $6,956
On-Campus – Other Expenses	$3,312↓ $3,400
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board	$8,145↓ $8,321
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses	$5,321↓ $5,465
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board	$5,321↓ $5,465

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee Required	N/A
Undergraduate Application Fee	$30
Graduate Application Fee	$30
First Professional Application Fee	N/A

Applicants	12,549 (6,591 male / 5,958 female)
Admitted	10,953 (5,654 male / 5,299 female)
Admission rate	87%

First-time Enrollment	4,546 (2,461 male / 2,085 female)
FT Enrollment	4,424 (2,394 male / 2,030 female)
PT Enrollment	122 (67 male / 55 female)
Total Enrollment	27,945

What criteria does Iowa State University use for admissions?
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record	/ /
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations	N/A
Formal competency demo	N/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other tests	N/A

What types of credits does Iowa State University accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships	NCAA
NCAA Football Conference	Big Twelve Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference	Big Twelve Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference	Big Twelve Conference

212th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results	92%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile)	21 / 28
Math scores (25/75 %ile)	22 / 28
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile)	22 / 28

168th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results	12%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile)	490 / 650
Math scores (25/75 %ile)	550 / 680
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile)	1040 / 1330

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity	9,485
Meals per Week	21

Room Fee	$3,750
Board Fee	$3,527

How many students are successful graduates?

Total	932	270	210	304	34	8,608	378	10,736
Accounting	42	4	10	16		204	6	282
Advertising	2	2	2			80	2	88
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	26	2	4	12	2	126	8	180
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations						108	2	110
Agricultural Animal Breeding						2		2
Agricultural Mechanization, General		2				46	2	50
Agricultural Teacher Education	2					66		68
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding	4					6	2	12
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering	16	2	2			66	4	90
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other	2					10		12
Agronomy and Crop Science						114		114
Analytical Chemistry	14					12		26
Animal Physiology						4		4
Animal Sciences, General	4	2	8	4		246	10	274
Animal Sciences, Other	2					4		6
Anthropology	2					46	6	54
Apparel and Textiles, General	4					4		8
Applied Mathematics	14					2		16
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)	8		4	2		128	2	144
Astrophysics						4		4
Biochemistry	16					42	6	64
Bioinformatics	12			2		10	2	26
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	2		2			4		8
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	4	6	2	6	6	200	6	230
Biomedical Sciences, General						2		2
Biophysics	2					2		4
Botany/Plant Biology						2		2
Business Administration and Management, General	12	4	2	6		128	4	156
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other	16					4		20
Chemical Engineering	38	4	4	16		94	2	158
Chemistry, General	4			2		24		30
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	8	8		4		80		100
Civil Engineering, General	46	2	4	4		214	6	276
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric	2	22			2	102	6	134
Computer Engineering, General	32		2	2		100	10	146
Computer Science	6					34	2	42
Computer Software Engineering						2	2	4
Computer and Information Sciences, General	46					4		50
Computer and Information Systems Security	2					22		24
Construction Engineering		2	4	4		132	2	144
Creative Writing			2			6		8
Crop Production	2			2		10		14
Curriculum and Instruction	6	2		2		32	2	44
Dairy Science						20		20
Design and Visual Communications, General	4	10	6	4	4	150	10	188
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)	4	2				78		84
Early Childhood Education and Teaching		2				92		94
Ecology		2	2			102	2	108
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other	2	2	2			12	2	20
Economics, General	30			2		30	4	66
Education, General	4		4			14		22
Educational Leadership and Administration, General		4	2	2		72		80
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	62	4		12		102	16	196
Elementary Education and Teaching		2	4	2	2	196	8	214
Engineering Mechanics	10							10
English Composition		2				10		12
English Language and Literature, General	2		4	4	2	126	8	146
Entomology	2					6		8
Environmental Science	2	2		2		26	2	34
Family Resource Management Studies, General	2	4		2		24		32
Family and Community Services	2	2	6	2		154	6	172
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education						20		20
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	4	2				54		60
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management						170	6	176
Fashion/Apparel Design	6	8	6	10		158	2	190
Finance, General	20	6		16		284	12	338
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management						6		6
Food Science	10	4				30	2	46
Food Science and Technology, Other	10					2		12
Forest Sciences and Biology	2					32	2	36
French Language and Literature	2							2
Genetics, General	8	2	4	2		28	2	46
Geology/Earth Science, General		2				18		20
German Language and Literature						8		8
Graphic Design	2		4	6		112	6	130
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration		12	8		2	76		98
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	2					8		10
History, General			2	2		100	10	114
History, Other						2		2
Horticultural Science	2					80	4	86
Hospitality Administration/Management, General	6	2	2	4		98	4	116
Human Development and Family Studies, General	4		2			24		30
Industrial Engineering	28	2	6	2		104	4	146
Inorganic Chemistry	4			2				6
Interior Design	2			6		62		70
Journalism	16	2	8	6		170	2	204
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	4	12	2	14	2	290	8	332
Labor and Industrial Relations						2		2
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	2	2	2			68	6	80
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	6	14	8	6		188	18	240
Linguistics						6	2	8
Logistics and Materials Management		2	4	2	2	100		110
Management Information Systems, General	8	4	6	8		136	10	172
Management Science, General	2	8	6	18		204	6	244
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	4	4	6	6		286	8	314
Materials Engineering	26		2			72	4	104
Mathematics Teacher Education						12		12
Mathematics, General	10	2		2		52	2	68
Mechanical Engineering	46		6	18	2	354	28	454
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator	2					10		12
Meteorology	2	2		2		28	2	36
Microbiology, General	4		6			32	4	46
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	8	18	4	4	2	100	2	138
Music Teacher Education						20		20
Music, General				2		10		12
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other	2							2
Neuroscience	8					2		10
Nuclear Physics	2							2
Nutrition Sciences	4	2				8	2	16
Operations Management and Supervision			2	2	2	74	2	82
Organic Chemistry	6					8		14
Philosophy					2	20	6	28
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry						2		2
Physics, General			4	4		12	2	22
Physics, Other	10					6		16
Physiology, General	2							2
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	8					4		12
Plant Physiology	6					6	2	14
Political Science and Government, General	8	10	2	6		108	6	140
Psychology, General	8	8	8	8		282	16	330
Public Administration	2					16		18
Religion/Religious Studies						10		10
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education						24		24
Sociology	2	8	2	6	2	110		130
Soil Science and Agronomy, General			2			2		4
Spanish Language and Literature		4	4			50		58
Special Education and Teaching, General						4		4
Speech and Rhetorical Studies	4	4	2			16	2	28
Statistics, General	58	2		4		40	2	106
Systems Engineering	2	12	2	10		88	16	130
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	8					4	2	14
Technical and Business Writing						2	4	6
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	2	6	4	8		92	2	114
Toxicology	6			2				8
Transportation/Transportation Management	2					2		4
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert						2		2
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)	2	2	2			218	2	226
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology (Cert	4					8		12
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology (Cert						2		2
Veterinary Preventive Medicine Epidemiology, and Public Health (Cert						6		6
Visual and Performing Arts, General						14	2	16
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management							2	2
Women's Studies						6		6
Zoology/Animal Biology						2		2

Iowa State University 352nd for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary	$82,440 ($89,001 male / $69,359 female)
Number of FT Faculty	1,374 (915 male / 459 female)
Number of PT Faculty	261
FT Faculty Ratio	5 : 1
Total Benefits	$32,018,778

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