For the fourth consecutive year, CALS has set a new enrollment record. The college’s fall-semester enrollment (both undergraduate and graduate) is 5,375, which is 170 students more than fall 2014. The total includes 4,612 undergraduates, an increase of 137 students from last fall, and 763 graduate students, which is up 33 from last year. Over the past decade, CALS has seen an 88.4 percent increase in undergraduate students and a 12.4 percent increase in graduate students. For the first time in college history, women make up the majority of CALS undergraduate students — 50.7 percent female and 49.3 percent male. Graduate enrollment is 56 percent male, 44 percent female. Overall, ISU’s fall 2015 enrollment is 36,001, the largest in school history.
By the Numbers: Top 10 CALS College Majors for Fall 2015
CALS has record enrollment for the fourth straight year. For the fall 2015 semester, the top 10 CALS undergraduate majors with the most students enrolled are:
Animal science: 977
Agricultural business: 512
Agricultural studies: 397
Animal ecology: 372
Agronomy: 324
Biology: 291
Industrial technology: 260
Agricultural systems technology: 213
Agricultural and life sciences education: 174
Microbiology: 126.
Enrollment records featured in the Des Moines Register http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/enrollment