We are justifiably proud of the alumni from our doctoral program. Many, if not most, of our alumni have published in top-tier journals and have done very well in their academic careers. A listing of our Ph.D. alumni is available in Adobe Acrobat format. We are sure that they will be glad to share their Iowa experience with you and give you additional information about the program's many strengths.
| Name | Grad Year | Original Placement | Current Placement |
| Hollis Ashbaugh-Skaife | 1997 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Frances L. Ayres | 1982 | University of Oklahoma | University of Oklahoma |
| Brad Badertscher | 2007 | University of Notre Dame | University of Notre Dame |
| Theodore Bainbridge | 2000 | Fort Hays State University | consulting firm |
| Satiprasad Bandyopadhyay | 1989 | University of Waterloo | University of Waterloo |
| Doyle W. Banks | 1979 | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis University (Retired) |
| David C. Burgstahler | 1981 | University of Washington | University of Washington |
| Jeff Burks | 2007 | University of Notre Dame | University of Notre Dame |
| Stephen A. Butler | 1982 | University of Michigan | Unknown |
| Sung K. Choi | 1985 | Vanderbilt University | Gyongsan University |
| Byeonghee (Ben) Choi | 1994 | McGill University | McGill University |
| Daniel W. Collins | 1973 | Michigan State University | The University of Iowa |
| Dennis J. Collins | 1979 | University of Illinois | Unknown |
| Clifford T. Cox | 1981 | University of Alaska | Deceased |
| Kevin Den Adel | 1999 | Purdue University | Central College |
| Michael B. Doran | 1984 | Iowa State University | Iowa State University |
| Robert J. Dosch | 1996 | Florida State University | University of North Dakota |
| Clayton Forester | 2007 | University of Minnesota | University of Minnesota |
| Guojin Gong | 2005 | Penn State University | Penn State University |
| James E. Groff | 1984 | Oklahoma State University | University of Texas-San Antonio |
| Ron Guymon | 2008 | Washington University in St. Louis | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Philip J. Harmelink | 1972 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville | University of New Orleans |
| John W. Hill | 1986 | Indiana University | Indiana University |
| Gary L. Holstrum | 1970 | University of Texas at Austin | University of South Florida |
| Paul Hribar | 2000 | Cornell University | The University of Iowa |
| Diane Janvrin | 2001 | Iowa State University | Iowa State University |
| Nicole Thorne Jenkins | 2002 | Washington University in St. Louis | Vanderbilt University |
| Jae-Oh Kim | 1987 | Ohio State University | Unknown |
| Dong C. Kim | 1989 | Louisiana State University | Donge Guk University |
| S.P. Kothari | 1986 | University of Rochester | Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy |
| William J. Kross | 1975 | Purdue University | Purdue University |
| Keith W. Lantz | 1975 | Penn State University | Michigan Technological University |
| Russell J. Lundholm | 1987 | Stanford University | University of Michigan |
| Michael Maier | 2008 | University of Alberta | University of Alberta |
| Edward Maydew | 1994 | University of Chicago | University of North Carolina |
| John McInnis | 2008 | University of Texas-Austin | University of Texas-Austin |
| Kenneth W. Milani | 1972 | University of Notre Dame | University of Notre Dame |
| Gerald M. Myers | 1984 | Pacific Lutheran University | Pacific Lutheran University |
| Adolph A. Neidermeyer | 1974 | West Virginia University | West Virginia University |
| Thomas C. Omer | 1986 | University of Illinois | Texas A&M International University |
| Andrews Oppong | 1976 | University of British Columbia | Dalhousie University |
| Soong H. Park | 1977 | University of Illinois | Unknown |
| Michael Petersen | 2001 | Arizona State University | Arizona State University |
| John D. Phillips | 1999 | University of Connecticut | University of Connecticut |
| K. Raghunandan | 1990 | Bentley College-Mass. | Florida International University |
| Shivaram Rajgopal | 1998 | University of Washington | University of Washington |
| Judy D. Rayburn | 1985 | University of Minnesota | University of Minnesota |
| S. Paul Roy | 1979 | University of Manitoba | York University |
| Clayton Sager | 1981 | Southern Methodist University | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| William K. Salatka | 1984 | University of Arizona | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Jeffrey W. Schatzberg | 1986 | University of Arizona | University of Arizona |
| William C. Schwartz, Jr. | 2001 | University of Arizona | University of Arizona |
| Phillip T. Senatra | 1976 | Iowa State University | Lewis & Clark College |
| Teri J. Shearer | 1996 | University of Saskatchewan | Queen's University (Canada) |
| Fred A. Shelton | 1978 | University of Wyoming | Unknown |
| Doug Y. Shin | 1989 | University of Pittsburgh | Unknown |
| Jerry D. Siebel | 1970 | University of Missouri-Columbia | University of South Florida |
| H. Charles Sparks | 1996 | University of Alaska-Fairbanks | University of Alaska-Fairbanks |
| Geoffrey B. Sprinkle | 1996 | University of Wisconsin | Indiana University |
| G. Fred Streuling | 1971 | University of Texas at Austin | Deceased |
| Iris Stuart | 1993 | Concordia College-Moorhead, Minn. | California State University- Fullerton |
| Robert D. Swanson | 1978 | Michigan State University | Retired |
| Howard R. Toole | 1976 | San Diego State University | San Diego State University |
| Scott Vandervelde | 2001 | Georgia State University | University of South Carolina |
| Mohan Venkatachalam | 1996 | Stanford University | Duke University |
| Huishan Wan | 2007 | California State University-East Bay | California State University-East Bay |
| Terry D. Warfield | 1989 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Charles E. Wasley | 1987 | Washington University-St. Louis | University of Rochester |
| Susan G. Watts | 1991 | University of British Columbia | Purdue University |
| Stuart K. Webster | 1975 | Lehigh University | University of Wyoming |
| Michael Welker | 1993 | University of Saskatchewan | Queen's University (Canada) |
| Christine Wilkenson | 2006 | Iowa State University | Iowa State University |
| Hong Xie | 1998 | University of Arizona | Syracuse University |