AMES, IOWA—The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University has awarded more than 2,250 scholarships to students for the 2016-17 academic year. Area student receiving a scholarship is Brian Patterson of Bloomington, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Study Abroad Leadership Scholars Scholarship.
The college and its departments award more than $3 million in scholarships each year. Students interested in applying for scholarships should go to https://www.scholarships.cals.iastate.edu for more information and deadlines.
Along with strong scholarship support for freshmen, transfer students and current undergraduate and graduate students, the college continues to attract a record number of students and maintain high placement rates for its graduates.
This fall, for the fifth year in a row, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences experienced record enrollment. The college has 4,657 undergraduate students and 738 graduate students for a total of 5,395.