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Iowa State University

Mission Statement:

www.iastate.edu/~president/plan/2005/mission.html

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Address:

Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

www.iastate.edu

Phone:

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

Degrees offered:

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

Classification:

Type: Public, 4-year or above
Highest degree offered: Doctoral and first-professional
Carnegie class: Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive

These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. They award 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.

Enrollment Information:

Total enrollment:26380
Total undergraduate:21354
Total graduate:4618
Total professional:408
 
Total full-time:23094
Full-time undergraduate:20004
Full-time graduate:2683
Full-time professional:407
 
Total part-time:3286
Part-time undergraduate:1350
Part-time graduate:1935
Part-time professional:1
 
Men total:14800
Women total:11580
 
Nonresident alien: 2295 (08.70%)
American Indian/Alaska Native: 79 (00.30%)
Asian or Pacific Islander: 748 (02.84%)
Black non-Hispanic: 711 (02.70%)
Hispanic: 517 (01.96%)
White non-Hispanic: 20488 (77.66%)
Race/ethnicity unknown: 1542 (05.85%)