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Iowa State University
Ames, IA · Public · 25,367 students · mostly bachelor degrees
39th-cheapest of 68 Iowa colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,589
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,018
Graduation rate
75%
Admission rate
89%
Median graduate earnings
$63,386
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$22,869
Average SAT
1204
Median ACT
25
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
325 programsIndustrial Engineering · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$139,590Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$136,132Mathematics and Statistics · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$130,131Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$123,109Range Science and Management · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$116,149Veterinary Medicine · First Professional Degree156 grads/yr$111,742Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree$106,245Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree243 grads/yr$105,753Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree106 grads/yr$104,211Construction Engineering · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$100,676Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree112 grads/yr$99,705Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$95,102Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree121 grads/yr$94,089Business/Managerial Economics · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$93,379Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree102 grads/yr$92,914Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree94 grads/yr$92,773Accounting · Master's Degree39 grads/yr$92,050Agricultural Engineering · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$88,576Agricultural Engineering · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$87,824Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$87,413Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree356 grads/yr$85,938Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree123 grads/yr$85,427Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$83,416Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree174 grads/yr$83,267Packaging Science · Bachelor's Degree84 grads/yr$82,548
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.