Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Public

Acceptance Rate
88.7%
Average SAT
1204
Average ACT
25
Annual In-State Tuition
$10,787
Annual Out-of-State Tuition
$28,881
Student Body Size
25,367
First Year Retention Rate
87.6%
Graduation Rate
75.4%
Median Earnings Post-Graduation
$63,386
Campus Security Score
87
Climate
⛅ 204

How Iowa State University compares

  • More selective than about 29% of the colleges in our database.
  • Bigger than about 98% of the colleges we track, by enrollment.
  • Out-of-state tuition is lower than about 27% of the colleges we track.
  • Average SAT scores are higher than about 60% of the colleges we track.

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Official website: https://www.iastate.edu/

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.