Iowa State University
Iowa State publishes 88% (Fall 2025). In-state applicants got in at 92%; international at 65%.
- Acceptance rate
- 89%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1120–1360
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 21–28
- Avg. HS GPA
- 3.76
- Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, item C12)
- Test policy
- Not published
- Regular deadline
- Not published
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Acceptance rate
What Iowa State's 88% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Iowa State reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at Iowa State
- SAT middle 50%
- 1120–1360sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 21–28
- Average HS GPA
- 3.76Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, item C12) · Source
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 25,367
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $28,881
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.iastate.edu
Mentors
Mentors who got into Iowa State
Our mentors who go to Iowa State, or just graduated from it.
Sources
- Iowa State GPA (Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, item C12))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.
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