Taylor University
Upland, IN
Taylor University is a private university in Upland, Indiana, a rural area, with 2,025 undergraduates. Education and the arts are its signature fields: together they make up 25% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 74% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $52,198 ten years after starting.
Taylor University admitted 1,580 of 2,076 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (76.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 76.1%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $40,490
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $24,865
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 23–30
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 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Taylor University is known for
Measured by the 457 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Education
12.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
The arts
11.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods398.5% of degrees$50,237+6% vs $47,382 nationally
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences347.4% of degrees$57,113−8% vs $62,172 nationally
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts316.8% of degrees$50,403+15% vs $43,765 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations296.3% of degrees$76,192+12% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology265.7% of degrees$39,400−22% vs $50,706 nationally
- Marketing224.8% of degrees$78,191+13% vs $69,303 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
Rural
Upland, IN
Undergraduates
2,025
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Baccalaureate college, diverse fields
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
14 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
5%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
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
76.1%
1,580 admitted of 2,076 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 540–670Math 530–670
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
23–30
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
60%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
33%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Taylor 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 Taylor University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $40,490, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $53,405. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $24,865 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$40,490
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$53,405
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$24,865
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $53,405 full cost.
- Under $30k$16,143Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$17,262Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$18,100Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$23,504Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$30,050Typical 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
74%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
89%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$52,198
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
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 Taylor University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
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
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: you would write 1, and 2 are optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionOctober 15, 2026
Verified July 29, 2026
- Regular DecisionDecember 15, 2026
Verified July 29, 2026 · Source
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 29, 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.
- Saint Mary's College76.4%
- Indiana University-Northwest76.7%
- University of Evansville77.6%
- Earlham College74.2%
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