Medical Illustration & Informatics at Iowa State University

Every medical illustration and informatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical illustration program at Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. Of the 86 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University in 2021, 8 of them were medical illustration and informatics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Illustration & Informatics section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa State Medical Illustration & Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Illustration

Iowa State Medical Illustration & Informatics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical illustration progam at Iowa State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical illustration major at Iowa State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Medical Illustration & Informatics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
	20
Most Popular Medical Illustration & Informatics Schools	70
Best Medical Illustration & Informatics Schools	70
Best Value Medical Illustration & Informatics Schools	71
Most Focused Medical Illustration & Informatics Schools	101
	114

Medical Illustration Student Demographics at Iowa State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical illustration majors at Iowa State University.

Iowa State Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 medical illustration students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Iowa State, about 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical medical illustration bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor's in medical illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Iowa State also has a doctoral program available in medical illustration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Medical Illustration & Informatics

If you plan to be a medical illustration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator	8

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Nursing
• Allied Health Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

Careers That Medical Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical illustration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Computer Workers	2,350	$78,810
Fine Artists	50	$46,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.