Department/Program & College Description:
The Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University, established in 1984, furthers Iowa State University’s land-grant ideals by training students to be knowledgeable and ethical communicators, leaders, collaborators, and problem solvers through impactful research, innovative teaching, and community engagement.
With the largest undergraduate business program in the state of Iowa and nationally ranked graduate programs, the Ivy College of Business is home to over 5000 students with a strong growth trajectory. We pride ourselves on our high ethical standards and our drive to promote an environment where all individuals may succeed academically, professionally, and personally. Each member of our community is committed to the college’s mission to link theory with practice for tomorrow’s business leaders.
The college offers undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. programs and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Less than five percent of business schools worldwide receive this accreditation.
The faculty in the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics are active in their field. They have published in premier journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Decision Sciences Journal. They serve or have served as editors, associate editors, and members of editorial boards for leading information systems journals. ISBA faculty have received doctorates from premier programs such as Arizona, Carnegie Mellon, Indiana, Northwestern University, and UT Dallas. ISBA faculty have active research projects in business analytics, cybersecurity, healthcare, IT strategy, artificial intelligence, and other IS and analytic areas. Ph.D. students graduating from the ISBA department have been placed at schools such as Notre Dame, Alabama, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Mississippi State, University of Cincinnati, and Florida Atlantic University.