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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend ISU.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at ISU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend ISU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend ISU in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at ISU.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at ISU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at ISU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at ISU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at ISU.

ISU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 17 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 58%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 80%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 1,368
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 32%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 20%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 95%

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Campus-based Housing

90% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
46% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

Some of the ways Iowa State ensures its commitment to safety include staffing a 24-hour police department, offering a campus escort service, and providing an Help Van to assist motorists. The new ISU Alert system will quickly alert Iowa State University students, faculty and staff of potentially dangerous situations through telephone calls, text messages, and e-mail.

Campus Crime Statistics

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

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

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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