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University description (as per official university website)
Iowa State University was founded in 1858 as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university adopted its present name in 1959. The main campus encompasses more than 1,900 acres in Ames, Iowa. ISU offers more than 90 Bachelors degree programs and 100 Masters Programs.
ISU is divided into the following academic divisions:
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Business
College of Design
College of Engineering
College of Human Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Graduate College
ISU has an active Greek community and offers more than 45 chapters involving 11% of its undergraduate students.
Iowa State is a large, prestigious university with a friendly hometown personality. Its 26,000 students choose from 100+ majors, study with world class scholars and keep more than 500 student organizations going strong.
Where Iowa State University stands out most compared to other schools:
Many students concentrating in landscaping and horticulture, engineering, nutrition and exercise therapy, design, mathematics, computer science and engineering, architecture and planning, agricultural science and management, and animal science and care.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
High male/female ratio.
Number of dorm rooms for students. |
