Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Overview

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a public institution located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Indiana is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Known For?

• The highest award offered at IUP is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 66% of the faculty were full-time.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

IUP has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#259	Most Popular 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 IUP.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best History Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Quality Control Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Health & Physical Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best History Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value History Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value English Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#44	Best General English Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#50	Best English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Criminology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	College Factual
#4	Best Criminology Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#10	Best Value Colleges for Criminology	College Factual
#52	Best General English Literature Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#64	Best Value Colleges for General English Literature	College Factual
#154	Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus?

Contact details for IUP are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1011 South Dr 201 Sutton Hall, Indiana, PA 15705-1098
Phone:	724-357-2100
Website:	www.iup.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/iupedu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/iupedu

How Do I Get Into IUP?

You can apply to IUP online at: https://www.banner.iup.edu/pls/production/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

Admission Requirements for IUP

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into IUP?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, IUP is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 88% of students accepted to IUP submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 450 and 550.

IUP received ACT scores from 13% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus?

The overall average net price of IUP is $28,849. 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 IUP, approximately 81% of students took out student loans averaging $9,465 a year. That adds up to $37,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at IUP is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,491 undergraduate students at IUP, with 7,695 being full-time and 796 being part-time.

There are also 2,068 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,695 full-time undergraduates at IUP, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	94
Black or African American	900
Hispanic or Latino	376
White	5,685
International Students	185
Other Races/Ethnicities	455

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 55 countries are represented at IUP. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and China.

Online Learning at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

In 2017-2018, 3,252 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 74th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of IUP

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus was 13.1%. This is the #1,151 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at IUP regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	30%
Liberal Arts General Studies	30%
Visual & Performing Arts	10%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at IUP 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 IUP.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	#8
Fine & Studio Arts	#8
Criminology	#15
Visual & Performing Arts	#39
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	#51
Social Sciences	#77
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#115
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#170
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#176
Liberal Arts General Studies	#176
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#190
Education	#297

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 of Pennsylvania - Main Campus 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
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0	109	0	188	0	297
Criminology	0	0	0	168	0	28	4	200
Nursing	0	0	0	153	0	18	6	177
Health & Physical Education	0	0	6	102	0	50	0	158
Marketing	0	0	0	127	0	0	0	127
General Biology	0	0	0	89	0	23	0	112
Quality Control Technology	0	0	0	76	0	26	4	106
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	99
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	89	0	0	7	96
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	64	0	23	0	87
General English Literature	0	0	0	31	0	18	38	87
Accounting	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	81
General Psychology	0	0	0	67	0	14	0	81
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	0	0	50	0	30	0	80
Special Education	0	0	0	48	15	9	0	72
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	70
Culinary Arts	0	1	62	0	0	0	0	63
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	59
Music	0	0	0	45	0	8	0	53
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	52	0	0	0	52
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	51
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	23	0	24	0	47
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	46
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	44
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	14	0	30	0	0	0	44
Sociology	0	0	0	40	0	2	0	42
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	32	0	9	0	41
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	38
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	20	16	36
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	12	24	0	0	0	36
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	33
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	30
Journalism	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	30
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	30
Romance Languages	12	0	0	17	0	0	0	29
Economics	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0	12	0	13	0	25
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	5	0	15	0	20
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	19
Chemistry	0	0	0	15	0	4	0	19
Physics	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
History	0	0	2	14	0	2	0	18
International Business	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16
Mathematics	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	14
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Geography & Cartography	2	0	0	9	0	3	0	14
Area Studies	5	0	0	7	0	0	0	12
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	12
Anthropology	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Urban & Regional Planning	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Philosophy	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Other Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Germanic Languages	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Religious Studies	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Archeology	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
General Family & Consumer Sciences	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3
East Asian Languages	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	35	15	181	2,152	27	637	109	3,156

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 Canadian2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.