Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University-Indianapolis is a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana, a large city, with 13,830 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 23% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times its share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $55,198 ten years after starting.
Indiana University-Indianapolis admitted 12,846 of 16,460 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (78%).
- Acceptance rate
- 78%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,762
- $34,891 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $11,668
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1040–1240
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 University-Indianapolis is known for
Measured by the 4,238 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
23.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing62614.8% of degrees$79,722−10% vs $88,910 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations3067.2% of degrees$72,282+6% vs $68,257 nationally
- Business/Commerce2676.3% of degrees$70,903About the $68,407 national median
- Psychology2455.8% of degrees$46,904−7% vs $50,706 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities1964.6% of degrees$51,718About the $53,072 national median
- Computer and Information Sciences1513.6% of degrees$77,983−16% vs $92,374 nationally
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
Large city
Indianapolis, IN
Undergraduates
13,830
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
13 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 University-Indianapolis
Two things Indiana University-Indianapolis 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.
28.5% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2.4% sent an ACT. Indiana University-Indianapolis files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $11,668 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
78%
12,846 admitted of 16,460 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1040–1240
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
22–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.49
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
28.5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Indiana University-Indianapolis?
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 University-Indianapolis 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 $10,762 ($34,891 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $23,316. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $11,668 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,762
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$34,891
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$23,316
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$11,668
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $23,316 full cost.
- Under $30k$5,701Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$5,995Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$11,038Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,056Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,680Typical 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
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
72%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$55,198
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,000
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 University-Indianapolis says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionNovember 15, 2026
Verified July 13, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 13, 2026
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Indiana
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of Evansville77.6%
- Indiana University-Northwest76.7%
- Saint Mary's College76.4%
- Taylor University76.1%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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