Peer Universities
Board of Regents Peer List
Since 1986, the Iowa Board of Regents has maintained a board approved list of 10 land-grant universities for use as a peer comparison group for Iowa State University. The initial list created in 1986 was updated by the Board in 2016 and again in 2023. The institutions on the board approved peer list are all public, land-grant universities that are classified as Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity in the 2021 Carnegie Classification of Higher Education.
| University | Location | School Website |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | colostate.edu |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS | k-state.edu |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | msu.edu |
| University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | missouri.edu |
| University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | unl.edu |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | ncsu.edu |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK | okstate.edu |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | oregonstate.edu |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | purdue.edu |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg, VA | vt.edu |
IPEDS Peer List
These 29 institutions are used for broader national comparisons within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
| University of Arizona | Arizona State University | University of California-Davis |
| Clemson University | Colorado State University | University of Georgia |
| University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) | Kansas State University | University of Kentucky |
| Louisiana State University | University of Maryland (College Park) | Michigan State University |
| University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) | University of Missouri (Columbia) | University of Nebraska (Lincoln) |
| North Carolina State University | Ohio State University | Oklahoma State University |
| Oregon State University | Penn State University | Purdue University |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | University of Tennessee (Knoxville) | Texas A&M University (College Station) |
| Texas Tech University | Virginia Tech | Washington State University |
| West Virginia University | University of Wisconsin (Madison) |