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Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Iowa State University of Science and Technology
100 Enrollment Services Center
Ames, IA 50011


Fax number: (515) 294-2592
Website: https://www.iastate.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 86%
Student:Faculty ratio: 18:1
Total faculty: 957 men, 664 women
Full-time faculty: 838 men, 532 women
Part-time faculty: 119 men, 132 women
Graduation rate: 74% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: no

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial Science
  • Advertising
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business Technology/Technician
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Mechanization, General
  • Agricultural Public Services, Other
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Army JROTC/ROTC
  • Athletic Training/Trainer
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Statistics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Child Development
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Software Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare
  • Dairy Science
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Ecology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Community Services
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Resource Management Studies, General
  • Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
  • Finance, General
  • Financial Planning and Services
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • French Language and Literature
  • Genetics, General
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Technology/Technician
  • Information Technology
  • Interior Design
  • International Agriculture
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Journalism
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
  • Meeting and Event Planning
  • Meteorology
  • Microbiology, General
  • Military Technologies and Applied Sciences, Other
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Relations/Image Management
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Russian Studies
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Technical and Scientific Communication
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
  • Zoology/Animal Biology, Other
Diplomas

  • Actuarial Science
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biotechnology
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Software and Media Applications, Other
  • Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Food Science and Technology, Other
  • Forensic Science and Technology
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Gerontology
  • Health and Wellness, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Selling Skills and Sales Operations
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
  • Agricultural Animal Breeding
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Animal Physiology
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Astrophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electromechanical Engineering
  • Elementary Particle Physics
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Science
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forestry, General
  • Genetics, General
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Gerontology
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Nutrition
  • Immunology
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Livestock Management
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Meteorology
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
  • Agricultural Animal Breeding
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Animal Physiology
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Astrophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
  • Creative Writing
  • Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Particle Physics
  • Energy Systems Engineering, General
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Science
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
  • Finance, General
  • Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
  • Food Science
  • Forestry, General
  • Genetics, General
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Gerontology
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Nutrition
  • Human Services, General
  • Immunology
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Interior Design
  • Journalism
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Livestock Management
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Meteorology
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Real Estate
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Toxicology
  • Transportation/Mobility Management
  • Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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