Below is a list of academic programs offered at Iowa State University sorted by popularity.
Engineering
Total number of students graduated under this category 1,792Mechanical Engineering
Bachelors
451 students
Computer Software Engineering
Bachelors
186 students
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Bachelors
160 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
16 students
Industrial Engineering
Bachelors
117 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
20 students
Post-master Certificate
7 students
Computer Engineering
Bachelors
142 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
2 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Chemical Engineering
Bachelors
121 students
Doctorate
11 students
Masters
4 students
Civil Engineering
Bachelors
126 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bachelors
126 students
Agricultural Engineering
Bachelors
55 students
Doctorate
7 students
Masters
18 students
Engineering Mechanics
Doctorate
35 students
Masters
44 students
Construction Engineering
Bachelors
59 students
Materials Engineering
Bachelors
42 students
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Doctorate
15 students
Masters
1 students
Systems Engineering
Masters
7 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Electromechanical Engineering
No graduate
Energy Systems Engineering
No graduate
Agriculture
Total number of students graduated under this category 442Veterinary Medicine
Doctorate
148 students
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
Bachelors
115 students
Food Science
Bachelors
42 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
5 students
Agronomy and Crop Science
Bachelors
9 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
29 students
Post-master Certificate
6 students
International Agriculture
Bachelors
21 students
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
11 students
Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
6 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Horticultural Science
Bachelors
2 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
4 students
Animal Sciences
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
5 students
Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
2 students
Agricultural Mechanization
Bachelors
4 students
Soil Science and Agronomy
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Agricultural Animal Breeding
Doctorate
2 students
Livestock Management
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
Bachelors
1 students
Agricultural Economics
Masters
1 students
Dairy Science
Bachelors
1 students
Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
Doctorate
1 students
Food Science and Technology
No graduate
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences
No graduate
Education
Total number of students graduated under this category 361Elementary Education and Teaching
Bachelors
195 students
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Masters
28 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Music Teacher Education
Bachelors
29 students
Curriculum and Instruction
Masters
13 students
Post-master Certificate
11 students
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Bachelors
24 students
Education
Doctorate
12 students
Masters
6 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Educational Leadership and Administration
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
9 students
Post-master Certificate
3 students
Mathematics Teacher Education
Masters
6 students
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Post-master Certificate
5 students
Educational/Instructional Technology
Doctorate
4 students
Agricultural Teacher Education
Bachelors
2 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
Post-master Certificate
3 students
Special Education and Teaching
Masters
3 students
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Masters
1 students
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
Masters
1 students
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
No graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
No graduate
Reading Teacher Education
No graduate
Business
Total number of students graduated under this category 292Finance
Bachelors
21 students
Masters
23 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Business Administration and Management
Bachelors
32 students
Doctorate
6 students
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Bachelors
8 students
Masters
15 students
Post-master Certificate
13 students
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Bachelors
29 students
Organizational Leadership
Post-bachelorette Certificate
27 students
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
Bachelors
24 students
Marketing/Marketing Management
Bachelors
23 students
Hospitality Administration/Management
Bachelors
18 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Post-bachelorette Certificate
15 students
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Bachelors
11 students
Real Estate
Masters
8 students
Accounting
Bachelors
6 students
Actuarial Science
Bachelors
3 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Business/Managerial Economics
Bachelors
3 students
Meeting and Event Planning
Bachelors
1 students
Operations Management and Supervision
No graduate
Transportation/Mobility Management
No graduate
Management Information Systems
No graduate
Management Science
No graduate
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 283Ecology
Bachelors
86 students
Genetics
Bachelors
41 students
Doctorate
11 students
Masters
1 students
Biomedical Sciences
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
36 students
Biochemistry
Bachelors
27 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
3 students
Microbiology
Bachelors
28 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
1 students
Biology/Biological Sciences
Bachelors
7 students
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
3 students
Bioinformatics
Bachelors
3 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
1 students
Entomology
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Toxicology
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
2 students
Plant Physiology
Doctorate
2 students
Immunology
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Biophysics
Bachelors
1 students
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Doctorate
1 students
Animal Physiology
Masters
1 students
Biotechnology
No graduate
Neuroscience
No graduate
Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 251Exercise Science and Kinesiology
Bachelors
242 students
Doctorate
5 students
Masters
4 students
Health Professions
Total number of students graduated under this category 243Dietetics/Dietitian
Bachelors
58 students
Masters
66 students
Post-master Certificate
90 students
Athletic Training/Trainer
Bachelors
13 students
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
Bachelors
8 students
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
Bachelors
7 students
Health and Wellness
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Visual & Performing Arts
Total number of students graduated under this category 217Graphic Design
Bachelors
79 students
Masters
7 students
Industrial and Product Design
Bachelors
58 students
Masters
1 students
Post-master Certificate
2 students
Interior Design
Bachelors
58 students
Masters
3 students
Visual and Performing Arts
Bachelors
2 students
Masters
5 students
Design and Visual Communications
Bachelors
1 students
Music
Bachelors
1 students
Fashion/Apparel Design
No graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 165Family and Community Services
Bachelors
81 students
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Bachelors
15 students
Masters
14 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Human Development and Family Studies
Doctorate
10 students
Masters
8 students
Post-master Certificate
4 students
Family Resource Management Studies
Bachelors
11 students
Apparel and Textiles
Bachelors
4 students
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
1 students
Human Nutrition
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
4 students
Child Development
Bachelors
2 students
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
Architecture
Total number of students graduated under this category 109Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
Bachelors
80 students
Masters
9 students
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
Bachelors
1 students
Masters
10 students
Environmental Design/Architecture
Masters
5 students
Landscape Architecture
Masters
4 students
Architecture
No graduate
Liberal Arts
Total number of students graduated under this category 80Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Bachelors
80 students
Multidisciplinary Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 67Nutrition Sciences
Bachelors
22 students
Masters
4 students
Sustainability Studies
Bachelors
22 students
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Bachelors
4 students
Masters
5 students
Human Computer Interaction
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
(online)
1 students
Post-master Certificate
(online)
3 students
Gerontology
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
1 students
Computational Science
Bachelors
1 students
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
No graduate
Computer and Information Science
Total number of students graduated under this category 63Computer Science
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
14 students
Masters
20 students
Information Technology
Bachelors
15 students
Masters
1 students
Post-master Certificate
2 students
Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
Masters
5 students
Post-master Certificate
3 students
Computer Software and Media Applications
Post-bachelorette Certificate
2 students
Mathematics and Statistics
Total number of students graduated under this category 62Statistics
Bachelors
3 students
Doctorate
12 students
Masters
19 students
Mathematics
Bachelors
11 students
Doctorate
11 students
Masters
2 students
Applied Mathematics
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Social Sciences
Total number of students graduated under this category 58Economics
Bachelors
10 students
Doctorate
11 students
Masters
1 students
Political Science and Government
Bachelors
12 students
Sociology
Bachelors
8 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
2 students
Geographic Information Science and Cartography
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Post-master Certificate
9 students
Anthropology
Bachelors
2 students
Masters
1 students
Physical Science
Total number of students graduated under this category 55Meteorology
Bachelors
10 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
6 students
Chemistry
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
5 students
Analytical Chemistry
Doctorate
4 students
Masters
2 students
Physics
Bachelors
3 students
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
2 students
Geology/Earth Science
Bachelors
1 students
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Doctorate
3 students
Masters
1 students
Physical Chemistry
Doctorate
3 students
Elementary Particle Physics
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
1 students
Nuclear Physics
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
1 students
Astrophysics
Masters
1 students
Inorganic Chemistry
Doctorate
1 students
Organic Chemistry
Doctorate
1 students
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Total number of students graduated under this category 53Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Bachelors
34 students
Linguistics
Bachelors
18 students
Spanish Language and Literature
Bachelors
1 students
Applied Linguistics
No graduate
German Language and Literature
No graduate
French Language and Literature
No graduate
Natural Resources and Conservation
Total number of students graduated under this category 46Environmental Studies
Bachelors
26 students
Environmental Science
Bachelors
5 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
1 students
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
Masters
4 students
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
Masters
4 students
Forestry
Doctorate
1 students
Masters
2 students
Forest Sciences and Biology
Bachelors
1 students
Engineering Technologies
Total number of students graduated under this category 34Engineering/Industrial Management
Bachelors
9 students
Masters
19 students
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
Post-bachelorette Certificate
6 students
Communication and Journalism
Total number of students graduated under this category 26Journalism
Bachelors
3 students
Masters
7 students
Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Bachelors
7 students
Public Relations/Image Management
Bachelors
6 students
Advertising
Bachelors
3 students
Psychology
Total number of students graduated under this category 25Psychology
Bachelors
17 students
Doctorate
2 students
Masters
4 students
Post-master Certificate
2 students
English Language and Literature
Total number of students graduated under this category 22Creative Writing
Masters
12 students
English Language and Literature
Bachelors
3 students
Masters
1 students
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
Bachelors
3 students
Doctorate
1 students
Rhetoric and Composition
Masters
2 students
Ethnic Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 20Area Studies
Bachelors
16 students
Women's Studies
Bachelors
4 students
Russian Studies
No graduate
Public Administration and Social Service
Total number of students graduated under this category 14Public Administration
Bachelors
2 students
Masters
10 students
Post-bachelorette Certificate
1 students
Post-master Certificate
1 students
Public Policy Analysis
No graduate
Military Technologies
Total number of students graduated under this category 13Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare
Bachelors
13 students
Law Enforcement and Firefighting
Total number of students graduated under this category 13Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
Bachelors
13 students
Forensic Science and Technology
No graduate
History
Total number of students graduated under this category 11History
Bachelors
5 students
Masters
6 students
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
No graduate
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Total number of students graduated under this category 4Philosophy
Bachelors
2 students
Religion/Religious Studies
Bachelors
2 students