Iowa State University College of Engineering

Iowa State University College of Engineering

Established	1858
Dean	W. Samuel Easterling
Undergraduates	9350 (Fall 2018)
Location	Ames, Iowa 42°01′36″N93°38′59″W / 42.0268°N 93.6498°W / 42.0268; -93.6498
Colors	Cardinal and Gold
Affiliations	Iowa State University
Website	engineering.iastate.edu

Iowa State University College of Engineering is one of eight colleges of Iowa State University of Science and Technology in Ames, Iowa.

The university was founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College with classes in agriculture and mechanical arts, now called engineering. ^{[1] [2]} In 1898, the school was renamed as "Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—Science with Practice", with divisions in agriculture, veterinary science, engineering, and science and philosophy. Iowa State took on its current name in 1959 and the College of Engineering was formally established at that time.

The College of Engineering at Iowa State hosts the largest engineering career fairs in the country in which more than 440 companies participate in each fair. ^[2] The college has a high placement rate of 98%. ^[2]

Iowa State $284.2 million in research grants in the fiscal year of 2022. ^[3]

Ranking

The College of Engineering has consistently been ranked among the top engineering schools and is the 7th largest engineering school in the United States. ^[2] According to US News the undergraduate engineering program is ranked 37th (tied) in the country in 2016 overall and 21 (tied) among public Institutions nationally. ^[4] The 2019 graduate program is ranked 41st (tied) overall and 20th (tied) among the public universities in US News. ^[5] Business Insider ranked Iowa State as one of the top engineering schools in the country for landing key jobs in Silicon Valley. ^[6] The Wall Street Journal ranked Iowa State engineering the 14th best engineering program according to employers in the entire nation. ^[7]

Ranking	National	World
US News	36	215
Business Insider	37	-
Shanghai Ranking		110
Value Colleges	23	-
Start Class	37	-
WSJ	14	-

Ranking [8]	National Graduate
Civil and Construction	16
Mechanical	16
Electrical	38
Agricultural and Biosystems	1
Biological	32
Computer	34
Software	9
Materials	15
Chemical	32
Industrial	24
Environmental	16
Aerospace	23

References

1. "History". Iowa State University College of Engineering. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
2. "Iowa State University College of Engineering College Facts". www.engineering.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
3. "Iowa State Receives Record $284.2 Million in External Research Funding in FY2022". www.research.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
4. "Undergraduate Ranking, Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs" (PDF). US News.
5. "Graduate School: Best Engineering Schools". US News. 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
6. Dickey, Megan Rose (2014-05-06). "The 50 Best Engineering Schools". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
7. "Rankings by Major". Wall Street Journal. 2010-09-14. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2016-05-29.
8. "Rankings • College of Engineering • Iowa State University". www.engineering.iastate.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-07-13.