Iowa State University

  • Details

    • Name: Iowa State University
    • Location: Ames, IA 50011-2103
    • Control: Public
    • Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
  • Attendance

    • Admissions Rate 89.13%
    • Average SAT Scores 1199
    • Four Year Completion Rate 54.46% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
    • Six Year Completion Rate 75.47% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
    • Eight Year Completion Rate 76.84% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
    High Completion
    4 Year
    54.5%
    6 Year
    75.5%
    8 Year
    76.8%
  • Costs

    • Yearly Costs: $23,309 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
    • Out of State Tuition: $27,683 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
    • In State Tuition: $10,497 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
    • Median Debt Total: $18,750 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
    • Median Debt for Graduates: $22,869 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Median Debt for Withdrawals: $8,250 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Net Price Quintile 1 $11,734 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
    • Net Price Quintile 2 $12,465 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
    • Net Price Quintile 3 $15,430 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
    • Net Price Quintile 4 $19,807 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
    • Net Price Quintile 5 $21,827 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
  • Earnings

    • Median 6 Year Earnings $53,873 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 7 Year Earnings $51,327 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 8 Year Earnings $59,021 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 9 Year Earnings $56,174 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 10 Year Earnings $63,386 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income

Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.

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What Graduates Earn By Family Background

Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.

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Name Credential Debt Mean Debt Median Earnings
Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor's Degree $35,207 No data $57,856
International Agriculture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $31,292
Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree $23,770 $16,877 $44,779
Food Science and Technology Bachelor's Degree $38,095 No data $49,538
Area Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data $31,963
Animal Sciences Bachelor's Degree $31,690 $22,143 $35,828
Communication and Media Studies Bachelor's Degree $28,405 $14,950 $38,232
Agricultural Business and Management Bachelor's Degree $24,695 $14,971 $46,032
Architectural Sciences and Technology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Journalism Bachelor's Degree $27,621 $19,534 $34,913
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Bachelor's Degree $28,372 $22,799 $39,738
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree $37,827 $19,000 $66,960
Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree $38,752 $29,003 $61,277
Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $66,475
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $25,309
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $28,225 $26,542 $31,078
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Bachelor's Degree $39,338 $33,825 $28,217
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree $24,009 No data $39,426
Landscape Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $47,898
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer and Information Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $33,993 $25,069 No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Bachelor's Degree No data $20,870 $40,888
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Bachelor's Degree $30,126 $29,000 $74,299
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree $37,750 $32,763 $64,842
Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $35,377 $71,580
Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree $44,353 $33,918 $61,647
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $42,285
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's Degree $31,053 $24,569 $33,510
Statistics Bachelor's Degree $32,324 No data No data
Forestry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,406
Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $49,768
Computer Science Bachelor's Degree No data $56,711 $71,184
Curriculum and Instruction Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree $32,267 $20,254 $70,534
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data $41,011
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology Bachelor's Degree $32,264 $27,480 $26,485
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree $36,003 $33,975 $39,633
Biomedical/Medical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data $37,468
Biology, General Bachelor's Degree $31,805 $24,669 $27,611
Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Mathematics Bachelor's Degree $41,127 No data $47,736
Nutrition Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,014
Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $40,315
Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree $40,836 No data $63,141
Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree $32,484 $27,366 $72,598
Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree $37,628 $19,377 $67,086
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $38,447
Apparel and Textiles Bachelor's Degree $30,290 $20,000 $41,681
Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $35,690
Computational Science Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Sustainability Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Public Administration Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Anthropology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $26,131
Design and Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree $35,818 $30,238 $37,065
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor's Degree $41,542 $20,500 $34,790
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,313
Genetics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $30,438
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $33,650
Physics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Political Science and Government Bachelor's Degree $39,785 $32,385 $35,620
Health and Medical Administrative Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Management Information Systems and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $56,910
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data $37,622
Philosophy Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Economics Bachelor's Degree $30,306 No data $49,423
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor's Degree $32,887 $22,085 $37,025
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Health and Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor's Degree $34,057 $22,411 $32,074
Chemistry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $45,450
Psychology, General Bachelor's Degree $31,341 $20,422 $33,251
Social Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Sociology Bachelor's Degree $37,043 $39,163 $35,205
Music Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor's Degree $31,988 No data $25,287
Business Administration, Management and Operations Bachelor's Degree $30,667 $23,479 $50,665
Finance and Financial Management Services Bachelor's Degree $33,035 $25,936 $51,055
Criminal Justice and Corrections Bachelor's Degree $32,770 $25,164 $36,457
Visual and Performing Arts, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $22,091
Medical Illustration and Informatics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Accounting and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $35,354 $22,818 $51,771
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
International Business Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Marketing Bachelor's Degree $39,026 $32,146 $44,875
History Bachelor's Degree $21,943 $14,967 $32,633