Iowa State University
School info
4.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.3
Food
3.8
Clubs
4.3
Facilities
4.6
Internet
3.8
Location
4.2
Opportunities
4.4
Safety
4.2
Social
4.2
Happiness
4.5
Basic Information
Location
- Ames, IA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public land-grant research university
- Established: March 22, 1858; 166 years ago (March 22, 1858)
- Founder: Iowa General Assembly
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 100 bachelor's degree programs
- 120 master's degree programs
- and 80 doctoral degree programs
Key Area
- Biomedicine and biotechnology
- Energy and sustainability
- Materials design and discovery
- Data-rich environments
- Economic
- environmental and societal sustainability
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 30,177 (Fall 2023)
- Undergraduates: 25,332 (Fall 2023)
- Postgraduates: 4,210 (Fall 2023)
- Academic Staff: 1,746 (2023)
Notable Alumni
- George Washington Carver
- Michael M. Crow
- Harvey Gantt
- Firouz Naderi
- Talen Horton-Tucker
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Good reviews
Overall 5
Best school of all time
Overall 5
I love Iowa State University and this university is well respected across industries and provides more options than any other university for personal growth and professional success
Overall 5
I love this school with my whole heart
Overall 5
Big fan of Iowa State here! It's a big campus with big opportunities all in a cozy town. A very unique place!
Overall 5
meh
Overall 5
its great to be here
Overall 5
Most beautiful campus in iowa!
Overall 5
Perfect
Overall 4.9
Facilities have degraded since COVID, but it's been good.
Overall 4.9
LOVE Iowa State! Really am going to miss it.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.1
crime seems to be increasing. The competence of the professors is deplorable. Professors are allowed to treat students with disrespect and we have to take it as there isn't much we can do. the school really doesn't value your option as a student as long as they get your money.
Overall 1.8
Cliquey, almost like aa high school 2.0
Overall 1.8
Iowa State's strict COVID rules are asinine. We are forced to wear masks EVERYWHERE, and we all just sit in our dorms staring at computer screens every day. The mandatory COVID testing for students living on campus was unethical and not necessary. The wifi is garbage, they force you to buy an expensive meal plan when the food is literal dogwater.
Overall 1.9
The allocation of funds at this school clearly shows that education is probably the 5th most important thing at an EDUCATIONAL institution. The football team has racing simulators and I use resistance boxes from the 1950s is my outdated and mostly malfunctioning lab equipment. You are nothing but a number and a check to these people.
Overall 1.9
A mediocre college with mean, unhelpful professors. If you want to be taught by people who have a passion for learning and wont just make you memorize thousands of terms a week, don't go here. Buildings are dirty, people are rude, and I wish I went to literally any other school.