Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 400,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 278 (86%)

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 1,800 (8%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 23,665
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 69%
From Region 4%
Athletes 2.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Hispanic 16%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
Black 3%
International 3%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural Sciences 515 38% / 62% 2% $53,371 41 93%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 41 +3 59% / 41% 5% $61,790 63 96%
Agricultural Economics 22 45% / 55% 9% $61,790 63 96%
Animal Sciences 84 11% / 89% 2% $55,513 47 89%
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 19 +3 53% / 47% 0% $57,626 53 92%
Brewing Science 8 88% / 12% 0% $58,443 55
Environmental Science 27 41% / 59% 0% $47,546 24 90%
Equestrian/Equine Studies 47 +1 2% / 98% 2% $46,753 22 94%
Food Science 5 80% / 20% 0%
Forest Sciences $53,337 41
Forestry 43 77% / 23% 2% $53,337 41 100%
Horticultural Science 81 +1 33% / 67% 0% $40,794 10 94%
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 10 +1 20% / 80% 0% $40,794 10 94%
Soil Science 15 +2 60% / 40% 0% $55,121 46 89%
Hospitality Management 6 17% / 83% 0%
Restaurant/Food Services Management 30 +1 43% / 57% 7% $52,566 39 98%
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy 39 +2 62% / 38% 0% $65,033 69 95%
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 2 100% / 0% 0% $65,033 69 95%
Agricultural Teacher Education 10 +1 20% / 80% 0% $51,591 36
Landscape Architecture 26 31% / 69% 4% $65,693 71 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 794 64% / 36% 2% $77,413 85 98%
Business Administration 794 +2 64% / 36% 2% $77,413 85 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Human Sciences 759 24% / 76% 1% $56,384 50 95%
Nutrition Sciences 44 9% / 91% 2% $57,944 54 100%
Environmental Health 1 0% / 100% 0% $82,165 88 95%
Exercise Science 244 +1 39% / 61% 0% $54,408 44 95%
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management 64 22% / 78% 0% $54,614 45 86%
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 195 +2 7% / 93% 0% $62,646 65
Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management 80 39% / 61% 4% $51,700 36 97%
Family and Consumer Sciences 12 17% / 83% 0% $49,153 28 100%
Social Work 94 14% / 86% 0% $51,189 34 94%
Early Childhood Education 16 0% / 100% 0% $48,387 26 92%
Fire Services Administration 9 100% / 0% 11% $96,187 96 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 1,199 37% / 63% 1% $53,826 42 92%
Natural Sciences 7 +1 43% / 57% 0% $51,249 35
Economics 89 +17 75% / 25% 8% $68,861 75 93%
Anthropology 50 +3 40% / 60% 0% $51,497 35 84%
Communication Studies 124 +3 45% / 55% 1% $53,668 42 97%
English 75 +4 35% / 65% 1% $46,748 22 90%
Ethnic Studies 7 +1 29% / 71% 0% $46,920 22
Foreign Languages 8 +14 50% / 50% 0% $59,894 59 93%
Geography 6 +1 100% / 0% 0% $58,593 56
History 65 +9 48% / 52% 0% $51,947 37 84%
Intercultural and International Studies 38 +2 24% / 76% 0% $52,565 39 88%
Journalism 142 36% / 64% 1% $54,716 45 94%
Philosophy 17 +3 82% / 18% 0% $39,947 9 92%
Political Science 115 +14 43% / 57% 0% $60,771 61 90%
Sociology 149 +19 24% / 76% 1% $56,016 49 95%
Women's Studies 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $52,817 39
General Education 65 +2 45% / 55% 3% $48,567 27 87%
Dance 9 +1 22% / 78% 0% $36,630 6
Interior Architecture 75 0% / 100% 3% $60,031 59 100%
Music 28 +2 36% / 64% 4% $52,528 39 90%
Studio Art 109 +3 23% / 77% 0% $44,006 15 93%
Theatre 19 +1 32% / 68% 0% $33,450 4 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Sciences 1,610 38% / 62% 2% $66,323 72 93%
Computer Science 276 +4 84% / 16% 3% $119,732 99 99%
Data Science 22 68% / 32% 14% $91,298 94
Information Science/Studies 1 100% / 0% 0% $99,126 97 91%
Chemistry 24 +1 54% / 46% 8% $79,290 86 90%
Geosciences 25 72% / 28% 8% $74,773 82 97%
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 5 40% / 60% 0%
Mathematics 28 +3 43% / 57% 7% $73,386 81 88%
Physics 5 +1 60% / 40% 0% $74,458 82 90%
Statistics 16 75% / 25% 12% $79,504 86
Biochemistry 49 +1 37% / 63% 2% $62,051 64 92%
Biology 192 +1 27% / 73% 1% $58,254 55 91%
Biomedical Sciences 162 +3 22% / 78% 1% $58,254 55 91%
Environmental Biology 78 +1 42% / 58% 0% $52,396 38 100%
Microbiology +1 $64,262 68 97%
Neuroscience 42 +1 24% / 76% 2% $39,312 8 97%
Wildlife Biology 148 +1 35% / 65% 0% $48,652 27 89%
Zoology 135 +2 20% / 80% 1% $48,652 27 89%
Psychology 402 +5 21% / 79% 2% $51,379 35 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 615 76% / 24% 5% $93,619 95 96%
Biomedical Engineering 69 51% / 49% 1% $96,891 96 96%
Chemical Engineering 45 +22 53% / 47% 11% $96,135 96 88%
Civil Engineering 73 73% / 27% 4% $84,901 90 96%
Computer Engineering 27 +1 89% / 11% 15% $110,990 99 100%
Electrical Engineering 51 +7 86% / 14% 18% $106,731 98 94%
Engineering Science $90,714 93
Environmental Engineering 38 +2 61% / 39% 13% $76,993 84 100%
Mechanical Engineering 174 +41 87% / 13% 2% $88,049 92 96%
Construction Management 138 82% / 18% 0% $99,134 97 99%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,050
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $37,004
Est. In-State Cost $18,175
Est. Out-of-State Cost $47,868
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 66%
Transfer-Out Rate 16%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 24.5% 1,347 32% / 68% 1% $53,364 41 93%
Business & Economics 22.9% 1,258 52% / 48% 2% $71,101 78 97%
Agriculture & Food Science 13.4% 736 32% / 68% 1% $50,764 33 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.5% 523 28% / 72% 1% $56,215 49 93%
Engineering 8.7% 477 74% / 26% 6% $92,024 94 96%
Computer Science 5.4% 299 83% / 17% 4% $117,571 99 99%
Arts 4.8% 266 19% / 81% 2% $50,538 32 95%
Health Sciences 4.5% 245 39% / 61% 0% $54,521 44 95%
Professional 2.7% 147 83% / 17% 1% $98,954 97 99%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.9% 103 58% / 42% 8% $76,239 84 91%
Education 1.7% 91 34% / 66% 2% $48,868 27 88%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $132M #18 51% $2.1M 27 #25 149 55
Life & Natural Sciences $100M #57 69% $7.5M 56 #43 362 68
Physical Sciences & Math $90.0M #40 79% $1.3M 57 #54 419 68
Engineering $60.5M #84 75% $2.6M 52 #70 452 20
Health Sciences $31.8M #91 52% $0.4M 20 #90 22 17
Humanities & Social Sciences $16.2M #125 54% $0.2M 25 #160 143 4
Education $7.6M #67 56% $0 14 #277
Computer Science $6.4M #115 86% $0 7 #115 59
Business & Economics $2.6M #140 32% $0.0M 18 #67 68
Total $448M #71 65% $14.2M 276 #87 1,674 232

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 82%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 82% 82% 82%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional