92.1% / 91.0%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications24,625
Overall admit rate87.9%
In-state admit rate92.1%
Out-of-state admit rate91.0%
Enrolled6,160 · 28.4% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Rigor of HS record
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
$9,530
in-state tuition
out-of-state $28,578
Tuition (in-state)$9,530
Tuition (out-of-state)$28,578
Fees$1,561
Room & board$10,928
Books$800
Avg need-based grant$12,613
% need met65.2%
Avg debt at graduation$28,851
#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biological/Agricultural (Doctorate)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biological/Agricultural (Doctorate)#126
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#1426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#5026
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#9826
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#10926
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#11726
NicheBest Colleges in America#12626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceBig 12 Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingIowa colleges4
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$40
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionRolling → May 1
Rolling admissionsYes
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 3 Sci, 2 SciLab
Admissions URLhttps://www.iastate.edu/admission-and-ai…
Admissions emailadmissions@iastate.edu
Admissions phone515-294-5836
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
University of Iowa
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Iowa IA · Public79.9%123023K
University of Minnesota MN · Public77.1%140042K
University of Wisconsin WI · Public40.8%145039K
University of Illinois Urbana IL · Public36.6%144236K
Kansas State University KS · Public87.5%114016K
University of Nebraska NE · Public—120019K
Purdue University IN · Public43.4%136043K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.