The average acceptance rate of the 24 private Indiana colleges that have competitive admission is 72.28% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.66%. The acceptance rate at 9 private Indiana colleges increased and the rate of 15 colleges decreased.
University of Notre Dame has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 12.00%. Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses (21.62%) and Anderson University (52.99%) are following it in the list of Tightest Indiana Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Notre Dame stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $37,517 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,186 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year | 12.00% 0.91% | 58.99% | 1,500 | $62,693 | 13,105 | 96.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 - | Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, INPrivate, 4-year | 21.62% 2.82% | 62.50% | - | $9,576 | 4,344 | - | 8 to 1 |
| 3 - | Anderson University Anderson, INPrivate, 4-year | 52.99% 1.24% | 10.00% | 1,055 | $35,640 | 1,290 | 59.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 3 | DePauw University Greencastle, INPrivate, 4-year | 53.99% 11.81% | 13.00% | 1,280 | $57,070 | 1,752 | 79.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, INPrivate, 4-year | 57.01% 7.65% | 13.01% | - | $30,446 | 2,595 | 37.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Wabash College Crawfordsville, INPrivate, 4-year | 62.99% 1.50% | 19.00% | 1,200 | $49,125 | 835 | 75.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 3 | Oakland City University Oakland City, INPrivate, 4-year | 68.05% 12.33% | 30.05% | - | $27,150 | 880 | 53.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 12 | Franklin College Franklin, INPrivate, 4-year | 70.98% 21.88% | 15.99% | 1,110 | $37,350 | 959 | 62.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 9 5 | Huntington University Huntington, INPrivate, 4-year | 71.02% 6.48% | 24.04% | 1,120 | $29,982 | 1,472 | 70.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 10 1 | University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, INPrivate, 4-year | 73.00% 3.14% | 11.00% | - | $36,136 | 5,018 | 59.00% | 11 to 1 |
| Average | 54.37% | 25.76% | 1,211 | $37,517 | 3,225 | 65.56% | 10 to 1 |