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This is Your Future in the Making

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The Iowa State University Community

Loyal. Forever. True.

Iowa State is a large university with a small feel. Forge lifelong friendships and earn a degree that will take you anywhere.

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About Learning Communities
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93%

First-year students participate in at least one learning community

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Innovate at Iowa State, for me, means feeling inspired to try something new. I have built a community of like-minded friends and faculty who have supported and mentored me at Iowa State.

Elvis Kimara, senior, software engineering

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Choose from more than 100 majors, minors and certificates that can be customized to maximize your impact in the world.

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Graduate programs
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Veterinary Medicine

Innovating solutions for today and tomorrow

See how the Iowa State University community creates, shares, and applies knowledge to make the world a better place.

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Triumph over tragedy

Aliya Warth and Windsor

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Applying data science to health care

Dana Thacker

Senior in data science and mathematics

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Nanotech: Tiny, mighty science

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