Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
Indiana State University is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana, a small city, with 6,188 undergraduates. Engineering technology is its signature field: 9% of its bachelor's degrees, about 12 times its share across the colleges we cover. 43% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $48,387 ten years after starting.
Indiana State University admitted 12,205 of 13,329 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (91.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 91.6%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,258
- $22,322 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $10,873
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 890–1110
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Indiana State University is known for
Measured by the 1,646 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering technology
8.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about 12 times the 0.7% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing18411.2% of degrees$81,988−8% vs $88,910 nationally
- Construction Management1167.0% of degrees$94,902About the $95,124 national median
- Psychology975.9% of degrees$42,822−16% vs $50,706 nationally
- Air Transportation945.7% of degrees$71,254−17% vs $85,825 nationally
- Criminology935.7% of degrees$51,991−6% vs $55,556 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians774.7% of degrees$79,527About the $82,073 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Terre Haute, IN
Undergraduates
6,188
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral and professional university
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Indiana State University
Two things Indiana State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Indiana State University reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $10,873 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
91.6%
12,205 admitted of 13,329 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
890–1110
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
19–26
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
71%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Indiana State University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Indiana State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $10,258 ($22,322 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,535. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $10,873 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,258
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$22,322
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,535
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$10,873
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,535 full cost.
- Under $30k$6,455Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$6,571Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$9,317Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,450Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$19,345Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
43%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
66%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$48,387
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$24,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Indiana State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJune 1, 2027
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Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Indiana
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Valparaiso University92.2%
- Goshen College88.9%
- University of Southern Indiana94.6%
- Marian University95.3%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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