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Iowa State University College of Engineering is one of eight colleges of Iowa State University of Science and Technology in Ames, Iowa.
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The University was founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College with classes in agriculture and mechanical arts, now called engineering. In 1898, the school was renamed as "Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—Science with Practice", with divisions in agriculture, veterinary science, engineering, and science and philosophy. Iowa State took on its current name in 1959 and the College of Engineering was formally established at that time.
Iowa State is classified as a Doctoral Research University with very high research activity (RU/VH) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Iowa State is also a member of the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU) which is an international organization composed of the most highly ranked 62 research universities in the United States and Canada. The membership is by invitation only.
The College of Engineering at Iowa State hosts one of the largest career fairs in the country in which more than 350 companies participate in each fair. The college has a high placement rate of 95%.
Iowa State receives nearly 300 million dollars in research grants every year.
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The College of Engineering has consistently been ranked among the top engineering schools and is the 8th largest engineering school in the United States. According to US News the undergraduate engineering program is ranked 36th in the country in 2016. The graduate program is ranked in the top 50 overall and top 25 among the public universities. Business Insider ranked Iowa State as one of the best engineering schools in the country for landing key jobs in some of the top tech companies. Top value for engineering ranked Iowa State at 23 in their ranking which focuses on quality of education for the price paid. The Wall Street Journal ranked Iowa State engineering the 14th best engineering program according to employers.