36,001 Enrollment at ISU

[CyFan61]

36,001 students at Iowa State this fall including more than 30,000 undergrads. The growth on campus is staggering and almost unbelievable.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s enrollment prediction was spot-on. The university’s fall 2015 enrollment of 36,001 is the largest in school history, an increase of nearly 3.7 percent (1,269 students) over the previous record of 34,732 in fall 2014.

It’s the seventh year of record enrollment and the ninth consecutive year of growth at Iowa State. In the last decade, overall enrollment at Iowa State has grown 40 percent. The student body represents every Iowa county, every U.S. state and 118 countries.

More Iowa undergraduates are attending Iowa State than ever before: 19,285 students, or 64.2 percent of ISU’s undergraduate student body, are Iowans. Overall, 21,064 Iowans attend ISU, also a record.

Nearly 95 percent of Iowa State graduates are either employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation.

Iowa State’s freshman class of 6,231 students includes 3,586 Iowans (both records).

Iowa State’s first-year, full-time student retention rate jumped a full point to 87.4 percent, well above the national average and just under ISU’s record of 87.7 percent set in fall 2011. The average ACT score for new freshmen also has increased the last two years, to 25.09 in fall 2015.


By the numbers
Iowa State’s student numbers set records in the following categories this fall:

• Record undergraduate enrollment of 30,034, an increase of 1,141 students from last fall’s record of 28,893.
• Record graduate enrollment of 5,096, an increase of 146 students from the fall 2014 record of 4,950.
• Record international student enrollment of 4,041, an increase of 13 students from last fall’s record of 4,028.
• Record diversity. Total U.S. multicultural and international enrollment is 8,366, or 23.24 percent of the student body. (The previous record set in fall 2014 was 8,093, or 23.3 percent of the student body.)
• U.S. multicultural enrollment is 4,325 (12 percent of total enrollment), a new record and an increase over last fall’s 4,065 students.
• Record U.S. multicultural enrollment among new freshmen: 888 students, up from last year’s record of 802. Multicultural students represent 14.3 percent of new freshmen at Iowa State.
• Record total Iowa resident enrollment of 21,064, up 804 students from last fall.
• Record Iowa resident undergraduate enrollment of 19,285, up 807 from last year’s record of 18,478.
• Record total U.S. nonresident enrollment of 10,609, up 414 students from last year’s record of 10,195 students.
• Record U.S. nonresident undergraduate enrollment of 8,611, up 398 students from last year’s record of 8,213.
• Record U.S. nonresident new freshman enrollment of 2,369, up 129 students from last year’s record of 2,240 students.

http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2015/09/09/fall15enrollment

 

[TOFB4ISU]

That is totally insane.

 

[chuckd4735]

Wowzers! Think it was just under 28,000 when I started in 2002. It was just over 25,000 my last year there in 2006.

 

[Hoiball92]

Wow thats a lot

 

[awd4cy]

Leath has done a lot to push growth. I remember hearing his goal is to get enrollment around 40,000. It's nice being top dog in Iowa.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Are they building any new housing?

I am out of touch with campus developments.

 

[CyArob]

Is there anywhere you can look up enrollment by year? I'm interested to see just how many more people this is compared to when I started school. I can't imagine how busy campus must be.

Found it:http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/enrollment/enrollment-by-major

 

[Doc]

Is an average ACT of 25.09 good? That's like 8.09 more than I got.

 

[CyFan61]

Are they building any new housing?

I am out of touch with campus developments.

A new residence hall will be going up next to Buchanan Hall along Lincoln Way.

 

[Goothrey]

Enrollment was 27,945 in 2009 during my freshman year for reference.

 

[CyFan61]

Here is a link to a table of ISU's enrollment over the years.

Other than a spike in 2013 of 7% growth, we've had relatively consistent 3-4% growth every year since 2007.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Here is a link to a table of ISU's enrollment over the years.

Other than a spike in 2013 of 7% growth, we've had relatively consistent 3-4% growth every year since 2007.

Wow, 25,585 when I started.

 

[cyhiphopp]

A new residence hall will be going up next to Buchanan Hall along Lincoln Way.

Are they still doing nothing with the Towers area? My brother lived there way back when.

 

[KnappShack]

Enrollment actually fell slightly during my days. Right around 25,000 students a generation ago


Way to go State!

 

[3TrueFans]

Is an average ACT of 25.09 good? That's like 8.09 more than I got.

How can you even read these posts?

 

[CyArob]

Here is a link to a table of ISU's enrollment over the years.

Other than a spike in 2013 of 7% growth, we've had relatively consistent 3-4% growth every year since 2007.

WW2 had a big impact on ISU enrollment both before and after.

 

[stormchaser2014]

That one person had to ruin a nice round number

 

[CyFan61]

Are they still doing nothing with the Towers area? My brother lived there way back when.

Not in terms of building new housing although the two towers that are still there (Wallace and Wilson) are at full capacity. From my time of being involved with admissions, I know they are by far the least popular housing options.

 

[F5cy]

Hey, City of Ames, You're welcome! - Iowa State University

 

[Prone2Clone]

High fives to the last two to enroll so we could break 36K. That's pretty impressive.