Fall 2014: By the numbers

By Annette Hacker
August 21, 2014

Students living in department of residence housing this fall.

New tenured or tenure-track faculty who are joining Iowa State this fall.

Rides provided by CyRide last year. More buses will join the fleet this fall.

12,470 students will live in department of residence housing this fall. (That’s 1,000 more than in fall 2012 and is the largest occupancy in DOR history by 750 students.)
1,060 total leased beds off campus (Legacy Tower = 298; Maricopa-Walton = 762)
436 den spaces in use. (Dens are fully furnished and house two to four students for a total of 436 beds. Students in dens will be relocated to permanent spaces by the spring semester.)
100 percent of new (direct from high school) freshmen and new transfer students requesting to live in DOR housing will be accommodated.
227: The number of returning students the DOR will not be able to accommodate. Those who submitted housing contracts after the March 1 deadline weren’t guaranteed a spot.
6 new Frederiksen Court buildings will be open for fall 2014 (720 beds).
9.8 percent more students chose Iowa State housing in fall 2014 vs. 2013.
90.3 percent of freshmen who lived on campus in the fall of 2012 were still enrolled at Iowa State in fall 2013.
Between 2005 and 2013, demand for Iowa State housing increased 42.5 percent; enrollment during the same period increased 29 percent.

Finley’s Curbside Beastro (returning) and El Mexicano (new) will be near Kildee Hall.
Indian Delights is back, but in a new location south of Coover Hall. It had been near the Marston water tower.
Streets of Europe is new, and will be located south of Hoover Hall. The truck will serve “Eurodogs,” fish and chips, and Italian pripatta – a fried meatball and sausage patty dipped in red sauce and served on a bun with onions, peppers and cheese.
The Cheesesteak Factory is new and will be located between Beardshear and Carver halls.

Campus food trucks will operate from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and accept cash and credit cards.

6,619,162 rides provided by CyRide buses last year (a record). That’s 725,000 more, or a 12.3 percent increase, over the previous year. Transit director Sheri Kyras said she anticipates an additional 250,000 to 300,000 rides this school year based on enrollment projections.
2 more buses will be added to the brown route each weekday between 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
1 more bus will be added to the green route each weekday between 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
1 more bus will be added to the blue route on Sundays between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
35 drivers were hired and trained over the summer, and hiring will continue throughout the year. Applications are being accepted now.
CyRide purchased 8 used buses from the St. Paul, Minn., transit system and began refurbishing them over the summer. Five will be ready for the fall semester; the remaining three will be on the road in the spring semester.

34,000-plus students are expected on campus this fall, the sixth year of record enrollment and eighth consecutive year of growth.
67 percent of Iowa State classes have 29 or fewer students.
5,600 entering students attended orientation in June to help with their transition to college life.
70 percent of direct-from-high school students are expected to participate in a learning community this fall.
The mean class section size is 35 students.
88 percent of student credit hours are taught by faculty.
Student/faculty ratio is approximately 19:1.
105 new tenured or tenure-track faculty will join Iowa State this fall.

3 academic buildings are new to campus: The Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, which includes an indoor arena for animals; and Elings and Sukup halls, which provide classroom, office and lab space to the agricultural and biosystems engineering department.

100GB is the capacity of the recently upgraded ISU network. The 10-fold increase accommodates more users and bandwidth and opens doors for research opportunities.
100,000-plus networked devices will access the campus network daily during fall semester.
1:1 ratio: Every residence hall room now has a wireless access point.