Transfer Students

Request transcripts from each college you have attended. Official transcripts are preferred and can be submitted to etranscript@iastate.edu. Unofficial transcripts can be used to review your application and they can be uploaded through your application account.

Submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Iowa State's code number is 001869.

Transfer students should complete the FAFSA between October 1 and March 1.

Scholarships

With Iowa State's OneApp scholarship portal, students can submit scholarship applications in one system. The Office of Student Financial Aid, academic colleges and departments, and other campus units use the information available in OneApp to select scholarship recipients. The OneApp scholarship deadline is March 10.

The Office of Admissions also offers scholarships for qualified students who are offered admission by March 1.

Office of Student Financial Aid

Learn about living options in residence halls, university apartments, and fraternities and sororities; the priority system for assigning university housing; and the advantages of accepting your offer of admission as early as possible. To reserve space in university residence halls or apartments, you will need to submit a university housing contract after you accept your offer of admission.

• If you have accepted your offer of admission, paid your acceptance fee, and decided you want to live in university residence halls or apartments, you can complete your housing contract online. This contract does not apply to sororities, fraternities, or off-campus (non-university) housing.

Complete your housing contract

Iowa State has a rolling admissions policy. The transfer application is open up to one year prior to entry term. Transfer students are encouraged to apply at least six months prior to their desired entry term.

Summer and fall entry

• The FAFSA priority date is March 10. Make sure to indicate Iowa State on your current year using school code 001869.
• The OneApp scholarship priority deadline is March 10. Other scholarship deadlines vary by department or academic college.
• May 1 is the acceptance fee refund date.
• Orientation and class registration will be held on various dates April through August. Invitations will be sent starting in February.

Spring entry

• The FAFSA priority date is January 3*. Make sure to indicate Iowa State on your current year using school code 001869.
• November 1 is the acceptance fee refund date.
• Orientation and class registration will be held on various dates November through January. Invitations will be sent starting in October.

*Most scholarships and institutional aid are granted on an academic year cycle, meaning you must meet fall entry deadlines to be eligible. Students who file after the priority deadlines mentioned above will still be considered for financial aid based on remaining available funds.