by our College Data Analytics Team
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Indiana University - Bloomington was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is elementary education.
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College Factual ranked IU Bloomington as #55 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when IU Bloomington held the #58 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 42 colleges in Indiana, IU Bloomington is ranked at #3.
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With an acceptance rate of 85%, IU Bloomington has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 39% 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 580 and 680. Math scores were between 580 and 700.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Indiana University - Bloomington, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Indiana University - Bloomington is 87%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Indiana University - Bloomington has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at IU Bloomington for first-time, full-time students is 67%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 32,986 undergraduates at IU Bloomington with 31,632 being full-time and 1,354 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,752 | $7,061 | $12,369 | $20,234 | $22,806 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of IU Bloomington, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 IU Bloomington, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $8,772 a year. That adds up to $35,088 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is 3.4%. 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.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 2,053 | $63,371 |
| Public Administration | 589 | $44,780 |
| Computer Information Systems | 462 | $61,001 |
| Health & Physical Education | 442 | $32,677 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 440 | $35,709 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 309 | NA |
| General Biology | 291 | $24,930 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 225 | $29,988 |
| Public Health | 193 | $37,665 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 174 | $40,611 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 21,976 students took at least one online class at Indiana University - Bloomington. This is a decrease from the 40,071 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 21,976 | 3,963 |
| 2019-2020 | 40,071 | 16,304 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,390 | 2,855 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,814 | 2,788 |
| 2016-2017 | 7,490 | 2,671 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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