Butler University Overview

Butler University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The city atmosphere of Indianapolis makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Butler University Known For?

• Students at Butler have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Butler is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Butler makes roughly $72,865 a year. This is 79% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Butler student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Butler University?

Contact details for Butler are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone:	317-940-8000
Website:	www.butler.edu

How Do I Get Into Butler?

You can apply to Butler online at: https://www.butler.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Butler

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Butler?

With an acceptance rate of 81%, Butler may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Butler submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 570 and 670.

Butler received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 25 and 30. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Butler University?

The overall average net price of Butler is $42,789. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Butler, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $10,222 a year. That adds up to $40,888 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Butler is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Butler University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,537 undergraduate students at Butler, with 4,352 being full-time and 185 being part-time.

There are also 1,022 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,352 full-time undergraduates at Butler, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Butler University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	161
Black or African American	158
Hispanic or Latino	273
White	3,509
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	187

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Butler University. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 33 countries are represented at Butler. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, India, and Canada.

Online Learning at Butler University

In 2020-2021, 418 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Butler has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 13th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Peetlesnumber1 under License

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