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Iowa State University



Ames, IA 50011
Although Iowa state university is a large, prestigious institution, it still maintains a friendly hometown personality. In fact, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university amongst the top 50 public universities in the nation. The campus is located in Ames, population 50,000, which ranked amongst the top small cities in America, for both living and working in. It also enjoys a close proximity to Des Moines, Iowa and a half-day drive from cities such as Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska. Iowa state university's central campus is also recognized for its beauty. It has been listed on a national landscape architects' centennial list of great sites and was rated among America's 25 most beautiful campuses in the book The Campus as a Work of Art. As for the education offered on campus, Iowa state university's learning communities were listed among the top 25 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. According to EconPhD.net, the university's economics department ranks first amongst agricultural economics programs globally.

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Iowa State University is one of only three universities in the nation, to offer a doctorate in human computer interaction. The university has the largest public campus art collection in the nation, with more than 500 major public works of art. The university's Center for Agricultural and Rural development is biggest university-based agricultural policy research institute in the nation. Iowa State University encompasses eight colleges and 54 academic departments. As of autumn of 2005, the student body consisted of 20,732 undergraduate students, 4,578 graduate students, and 431 first professional students.

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