Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 19,433 |
| Admitted | 17,002 |
| Acceptance rate | 87.5% |
| Yield rate | 37.2% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Iowa State University.
Iowa State University's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 460 and 610
- Math: 520 and 660
- Writing: 22 and 28
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at Iowa State University.
Iowa State University's average composite ACT score falls between 21 and 28.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
| Major | Men | Women | Total |
| Accounting | 78 | 88 | 166 |
| Advertising | 20 | 39 | 59 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering | 106 | 11 | 117 |
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 86 | 40 | 126 |
| Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Agricultural Animal Breeding | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Agricultural Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agricultural Mechanization, General | 58 | 3 | 61 |
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 6 | 36 | 42 |
| Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering | 42 | 15 | 57 |
| Agronomy & Crop Science | 59 | 18 | 77 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Animal Physiology | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Animal Sciences, General | 53 | 164 | 217 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Apparel & Textiles, General | 1 | 119 | 120 |
| Applied Mathematics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Area Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| Biochemistry | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 69 | 105 | 174 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Biophysics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Business Administration/Management | 60 | 50 | 110 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Cartography | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | 111 | 48 | 159 |
| Chemistry, General | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 129 | 28 | 157 |
| Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric | 28 | 51 | 79 |
| Computer & Information Systems Security | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 84 | 10 | 94 |
| Computer Science | 45 | 6 | 51 |
| Computer Software Engineering | 44 | 4 | 48 |
| Construction Engineering | 48 | 10 | 58 |
| Crop Production | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cultural Resource Management & Policy Analysis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Dairy Science | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Design & Visual Communications, General | 23 | 29 | 52 |
| Dietetics/Dietician (RD) | 6 | 66 | 72 |
| Early Childhood Education & Teaching | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| Ecology | 27 | 54 | 81 |
| Economics, General | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| Education, General | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 98 | 10 | 108 |
| Elementary Education & Teaching | 8 | 120 | 128 |
| Elementary Particle Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering Mechanics | 40 | 8 | 48 |
| English Language & Literature, General | 18 | 41 | 59 |
| Entomology | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental Science | 26 | 15 | 41 |
| Environmental Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Family & Community Services | 7 | 156 | 163 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| Family Resource Management Studies, General | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Farm/Farm & Ranch Management | 102 | 25 | 127 |
| Fashion/Apparel Design | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finance, General | 140 | 68 | 208 |
| Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Food Science | 10 | 35 | 45 |
| Forensic Science & Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forest Sciences | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| Forestry, General | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| French Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genetics, General | 16 | 34 | 50 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| German Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graphic Design | 18 | 50 | 68 |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | 24 | 48 | 72 |
| History & Philosophy of Science & Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| History, General | 45 | 17 | 62 |
| Horticultural Science | 23 | 11 | 34 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 14 | 26 | 40 |
| Human Development & Family Studies, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Human Nutrition | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Immunology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial Design | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| Industrial Engineering | 82 | 27 | 109 |
| Industrial Management | 65 | 6 | 71 |
| Information Technology | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Interior Design | 3 | 49 | 52 |
| International Agriculture | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journalism | 21 | 46 | 67 |
| Kinesiology & Exercise Science | 100 | 159 | 259 |
| Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 41 | 37 | 78 |
| Linguistics | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Livestock Management | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Logistics & Materials Management | 98 | 49 | 147 |
| Management Information Systems, General | 106 | 21 | 127 |
| Management Science, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 109 | 108 | 217 |
| Materials Engineering | 46 | 4 | 50 |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Mathematics, General | 25 | 18 | 43 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 323 | 35 | 358 |
| Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Meteorology | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Microbiology, General | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| Music Teacher Education | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Music, General | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Nuclear Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| Occupational Safety & Health Technology/Technician | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Operations Management & Supervision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Organic Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Philosophy | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Physical & Theoretical Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Physics, General | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Plant Physiology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Political Science & Government, General | 38 | 20 | 58 |
| Psychology, General | 49 | 126 | 175 |
| Public Administration | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 16 | 41 | 57 |
| Reading Teacher Education | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| Russian Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Sociology | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Soil Science & Agronomy, General | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Solid State & Low-Temperature Physics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Education, General | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics, General | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Systems Engineering | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Levels & Methods, Other | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Toxicology | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Transportation/Transportation Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Veterinary Medicine (DVM) | 37 | 104 | 141 |
| Veterinary Microbiology & Immunobiology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Veterinary Pathology & Pathobiology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Veterinary Preventive Medicine Epidemiology, & Public Health (Cert, MS, PhD) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildlife & Wildlands Science & Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Women's Studies | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 3338 | 3031 | 6369 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 1070 |
| Reported Results | 502 |
| Accepted | 484 (96%) 96,4 |
| Rejected | 18 |
| Attending | 135 |
| Yield Rate | 28% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.60 |
| SAT I | 600 | 600 | 1830 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 63 | 88 | 636 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 2.33 | 2.88 | |
| SAT I | 600 | 1485 | 1545 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 88 | 386 | 452 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 05:00:09 AM
Newest applicant: 54 days, 16 hours, and 36 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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