Iowa State University

Iowa State University is a large public research university in Ames, Iowa, offering more than 100 majors, minors and certificates across colleges including Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business, Design, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The university supports an active undergraduate research culture, pairing students with faculty mentors on real-world projects, and has built a nationally recognized entrepreneurial ecosystem through its Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. Iowa State emphasizes a strong campus community, with learning communities that most first-year students join to ease the transition to college life.