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?

• The 4% student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at IU Bloomington.
• In 2017-2018, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from IU Bloomington with a bachelor's degree make about $47,700 a year. That's 17% 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.

Indiana University - Bloomington Rankings

IU Bloomington is ranked #145 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. IU Bloomington also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Indiana ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

IU Bloomington has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#114	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#130	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at IU Bloomington.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards IU Bloomington has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#15	Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools	College Factual
#30	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools	College Factual
#41	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#47	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual
#58	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#117	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Indiana University - Bloomington?

Contact details for IU Bloomington are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	107 South Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone:	812-855-4848
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/IndianaUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/IUBloomington

How Do I Get Into IU Bloomington?

You can apply to IU Bloomington online at: https://online.iu.edu/resources/admissions

Admission Requirements for IU Bloomington

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into IU Bloomington?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, IU Bloomington 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 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 77% 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 560 and 670. Math scores were between 560 and 680.

IU Bloomington received ACT scores from 53% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 33. Math scores were between 23 and 30. Composite scores were between 24 and 31.

Can I Afford Indiana University - Bloomington?

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 35% of students took out student loans averaging $8,759 a year. That adds up to $35,036 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is 4.3%. 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.

Indiana University - Bloomington Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 32,986 undergraduate students at IU Bloomington, with 31,632 being full-time and 1,354 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at Indiana University - Bloomington

In 2019-2020, 40,071 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 8th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of IU Bloomington

The following table shows how IU Bloomington is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	#4	#7
Computational Science	#13	#13
General Business/Commerce	#31	#68
Human Resource Management	#49	#220

Online Growth Rankings of IU Bloomington

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Indiana University - Bloomington was 120.0%. This is the #375 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at IU Bloomington regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of IU Bloomington majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computational Science	13%
Health Professions	9%
Human Resource Management	43%
Instructional Media Design	6%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	10%
Other Education	33%
Public Health	17%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at IU Bloomington ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at IU Bloomington.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Telecommunications Management	#1
Communications Technologies & Support	#1
Audiovisual Communications	#1
Computational Science	#1
Gerontology	#4
Quality Control Technology	#4
Other Education	#11
Human Resource Management	#23
Engineering Technologies	#26
Public Health	#26
Special Education	#37
Instructional Media Design	#40
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#51
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#53
Education	#166
Business, Management & Marketing	#229
Health Professions	#248

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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	98	2,002	110	905	13	3,128
Public Administration	0	0	0	593	5	174	10	782
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	497	0	9	10	516
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	472	0	7	14	493
Music	2	0	0	140	61	193	67	463
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	347	0	30	7	384
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	293	0	2	15	310
Public Health	0	0	0	210	8	60	12	290
General Biology	0	0	0	268	0	0	0	268
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	238	6	0	0	244
Computer Science	0	0	0	142	0	78	14	234
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0	181	0	23	0	204
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	147	0	38	14	199
Computational Science	0	0	0	0	18	181	0	199
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	166	2	22	0	190
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0	0	158	0	158
Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	157
Economics	0	0	0	133	0	9	9	151
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	75	0	59	11	145
Journalism	0	0	0	142	0	0	0	142
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	0	0	130	0	0	0	130
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	56	0	64	1	121
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	0	117	0	0	3	120
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	108	0	2	4	114
General English Literature	0	0	0	84	0	13	15	112
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	92	0	0	19	111
Romance Languages	0	0	0	82	0	12	13	107
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	100	0	4	0	104
Mathematics	0	0	0	83	0	10	9	102
Accounting	0	0	0	0	0	95	0	95
Textile & Apparel Studies	0	0	0	88	0	1	0	89
History	0	0	0	61	0	11	11	83
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	55	0	28	0	83
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	79
Chemistry	0	0	0	42	0	4	29	75
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	50	0	19	0	69
Optometry	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	68
Library & Information Science	0	0	0	0	0	54	3	57
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	6	44	4	54
Sociology	0	0	0	40	0	5	8	53
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	19	1	17	15	52
Legal Research	0	0	0	0	1	43	8	52
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	35	0	11	3	49
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	38	0	2	8	48
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0	30	18	48
East Asian Languages	0	0	0	41	0	5	0	46
Special Education	0	0	0	35	1	3	4	43
Physics	0	0	0	20	0	16	7	43
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	21	0	5	14	40
Human Computer Interaction	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	40
Anthropology	0	0	0	22	0	5	12	39
Area Studies	0	0	0	15	0	14	6	35
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	0	19	0	2	13	34
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	24	10	34
Statistics	0	0	0	9	0	21	3	33
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0	10	12	10	32
Social Work	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	29
General Engineering	0	0	0	10	0	17	1	28
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	10	0	6	9	25
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
Other Education	0	0	0	7	17	0	0	24
Cognitive Science	0	0	0	17	0	0	6	23
Religious Studies	0	0	0	12	0	7	3	22
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	7	0	8	7	22
Zoology	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Dance	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Biotechnology	0	0	0	14	0	5	0	19
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	14	0	4	1	19
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	10	0	1	7	18
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	18
Audiovisual Communications	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	16
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	15
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	14
Philosophy	0	0	0	12	0	0	2	14
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	0	0	9	0	2	2	13
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	7	0	3	2	12
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	11
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	10
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Education Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	8
Human Resource Management	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	7
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	6
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	5
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Literature	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
Quality Control Technology	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
General Education	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	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
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Telecommunications Management	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
International Education	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Environmental Control Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services	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	14	1	100	7,834	270	2,702	737	11,658

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 Nyttend under License

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