Iowa State Ivy

Ames, IA · Public · 2-year full-time (48 credits)

Program tuition: $60,568 (≈ 2 × first-year tuition, nonresident)

Deadlines

Priority (scholarships and assistantships): May 1, 2027
Final deadline: June 15, 2027

Essays

Statement of purpose (One single-spaced page)

Tell us where you’re headed. Describe your academic and career goals and explain how this graduate program will help you achieve them. Be specific about what you hope to gain from your graduate education and how it connects to your future plans. Tell us what you’ll bring. Highlight the experiences, perspectives, skills, or qualities that will allow you to contribute to the program and the Ivy community. Consider experiences from your education, career, leadership, community involvement, or other areas that have helped prepare you for graduate study.

Editor's notes

Treat May 1, not June 15, as your deadline. Scholarships and assistantships go first come, first served, and an assistantship is the big money here: resident-rate tuition plus a tuition scholarship and a stipend. Check yes on the assistantship question, or you won't be considered.
The test is mandatory. Iowa State's test waiver is only for its own concurrent MBA undergraduates, so if you're coming from outside, book the GMAT or GRE early enough to send at least a screenshot of your score by May 1.
This is a small, team-taught program. The core meets every weekday morning in three- or four-person teams, and Ivy says it wants to know what you'll bring. Your statement and your recommenders should both show how you work with others, not only what you've done alone.
If you're an international applicant who needs the longer OPT, plan your specialization now. Only four of the eleven specializations carry the STEM designation, and it's worth naming the one you'll pick in your statement.

Iowa State Ivy

Deadlines

Essays

Statement of purpose (One single-spaced page)

Editor's notes

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