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Indiana University - Bloomington Overview

Located in Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University - Bloomington is a public institution. The location of IU Bloomington is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Indiana University - Bloomington Known For?

7,736 Undergraduate Awards
$39,904 Avg Cost After Aid
82% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at IU Bloomington.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 85% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from IU Bloomington with a bachelor's degree make about $63,742 a year. That's 56% more than those who graduate from other schools.
  • It takes the average IU Bloomington student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Indiana University - Bloomington?

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Contact details for IU Bloomington are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 107 South Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-4848
Website: www.indiana.edu

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How Do I Get Into IU Bloomington?

You can apply to IU Bloomington online at: https://online.iu.edu/resources/getting-admitted.html#_ga=2.261838094.2037234953.1629214438-1561726355.1580334008

Admission Requirements for IU Bloomington

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 1
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into IU Bloomington?

82% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
38% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Indiana University - Bloomington is 82%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 38% of students accepted to IU Bloomington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 590 and 710.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Indiana University - Bloomington  ( 590 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Indiana University - Bloomington  ( 590 to 710 )
200
800
IU Bloomington received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Indiana University - Bloomington  ( 25 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Indiana University - Bloomington  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36

Can I Afford Indiana University - Bloomington?

$39,904 Net Price
34% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of IU Bloomington is $39,904. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At IU Bloomington, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $9,757 a year. That adds up to $39,028 over four years for those students.

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Indiana University - Bloomington Undergraduate Student Diversity

31,632 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 32,986 undergraduate students at IU Bloomington, with 31,632 being full-time and 1,354 being part-time.

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There are also 10,078 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 31,632 full-time undergraduates at IU Bloomington, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,330
Black or African American 1,453
Hispanic or Latino 2,493
White 21,712
International Students 1,911
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,733

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Indiana University - Bloomington. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 138 countries are represented at IU Bloomington. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Indiana University - Bloomington Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Business/Commerce 0 0 36 2,457 65 1,139 10 3,707
Public Administration 0 0 0 420 2 200 8 630
Computer Science 0 0 0 184 0 242 14 440
Health & Physical Education 1 0 0 395 0 23 10 429
Music 1 0 0 137 80 170 40 428
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 381 0 3 15 399
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 344 0 0 17 361
Computational Science 0 0 0 6 16 325 0 347
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 292 0 13 19 324
General Biology 0 0 0 272 0 0 0 272
Public Health 0 0 0 170 10 53 10 243
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 187 0 0 0 187
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 0 0 173 0 173
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 159 3 11 0 173
Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 172
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0 0 164 0 164
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 143
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 84 1 19 28 132
Communication Sciences 0 0 0 71 0 47 12 130
Political Science & Government 0 0 0 114 2 4 10 130
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 80 0 43 3 126
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 0 120 0 4 1 125
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 117 0 7 0 124
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 118 0 2 3 123
Journalism 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 123
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 0 87 0 22 0 109
Optometry 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 96
Economics 0 0 0 74 0 9 10 93
Accounting 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 91
History 0 0 0 53 1 15 21 90
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 63 0 23 3 89
Chemistry 0 0 0 42 0 13 29 84
Romance Languages 0 0 0 62 0 13 7 82
Mathematics 0 0 0 54 0 12 12 78
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 76
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 53 0 2 15 70
General English Literature 0 0 0 48 2 13 7 70
Human Computer Interaction 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 69
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0 2 47 16 65
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 61
Special Education 0 0 0 25 27 7 1 60
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 39 0 20 0 59
General Engineering 0 0 0 30 0 20 8 58
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 36 0 16 0 52
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 25 1 15 10 51
Library & Information Science 0 0 0 0 0 50 1 51
Sociology 0 0 0 32 0 11 6 49
Student Counseling 0 0 0 5 6 29 6 46
Physics 0 0 0 20 0 8 16 44
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 43
Zoology 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 38
Anthropology 0 0 0 26 0 4 8 38
Biotechnology 0 0 0 25 0 10 0 35
Legal Research 0 0 0 0 4 22 9 35
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 0 7 14 13 34
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 26 0 8 0 34
Social Work 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 33
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 19 0 5 8 32
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 0 18 0 5 9 32
Area Studies 0 0 0 6 0 22 3 31
Interior Architecture 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Human Resource Management 0 1 0 28 0 0 0 29
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 29
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 6 0 18 4 28
Audiovisual Communications 11 0 0 15 0 0 0 26
Other Education 0 0 0 5 21 0 0 26
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 16 0 0 9 25
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 13 0 6 5 24
Cognitive Science 0 0 0 12 0 1 8 21
Philosophy 0 0 0 17 0 2 2 21
Religious Studies 0 0 0 11 0 4 4 19
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 0 5 0 10 3 18
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 16
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 16
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 12 0 1 2 15
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 15
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 11 0 2 1 14
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 13
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 12
Dance 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 11
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10
Business Administration & Management 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 9
Statistics 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 9
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
International Education 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
International Studies 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6
Museum Studies 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5
General Education 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Security Science and Technology 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Quality Control Technology 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Telecommunications Management 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Literature 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Environmental Control Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precision Systems Maintenance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 1 36 7,675 291 3,470 755 12,252

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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