Iowa State University's core offering is undergraduate and graduate degree education delivered on its Ames campus, with more than 100 majors, minors, and certificates customizable across six undergraduate colleges — agriculture and life sciences, business, design, engineering, health and human sciences, and liberal arts and sciences — plus graduate and professional programs including veterinary medicine.

Buyer surfaces address first-year, transfer, international, graduate, nondegree, and military students. Fall 2025 enrollment was 31,105 students, with 48% from out of state or international and 61% in STEM majors. Learning communities engage most first-year students, and undergraduate research and entrepreneurship programs extend the core classroom offering.

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Attribute	Iowa State University — Public University Education	The Ohio State University — Higher Education	University of Iowa Higher Education	University of Nebraska–Lincoln — Higher Education
Provider	Iowa State University iastate.eduNonprofit	The Ohio State University osu.edu51.1M raised · Public	University of Iowa uiowa.eduNonprofit	University of Nebraska–Lincoln unl.eduNonprofit
Founded	1858	1870	1847	1869
Sells To	Consumers	Non-Profit	Students	—
Pricing Model	Tuition	—	Grants, Recurring	—
Ownership	Public	Public	Non-profit, Public	Public