How hard is IU to get into?
Indiana University-Bloomington (IU) acceptance rate is 80.37% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 54,279 students applied and 43,624 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into IU.
IU's acceptance rate places 20th out of 46 Indiana colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1280 and the ACT score is 30 at IU. IU's SAT score is 3rd highest among 32 Indiana colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to IU, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit and recommendations is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, IU's acceptance rate is 80.37% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 21.89%. 26,183 men and 28,089 women applied to IU and 20,810 men and 22,810 women students were accepted.
Among them, 4,635 men and 4,913 women were enrolled in IU (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 3,908 students (41% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 1,546 students (16%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at IU.
The median SAT score is 1,280 with 640 SAT EBRW and 640 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 690 and the 25th percentile is 590. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 710 and 25th percentile is 580 .
The median ACT composite score is 30 with 75th percentile score of 32 and 25th percentile score of 27 at IU. The median ACT math score is 28 and the ACT English score is 30.
How competitive is IU's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at Indiana University-Bloomington are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,255, ACT: 27 - public research university with very high research activity).
The institutional SAT code for IU is 1324 and 4-digt code ACT code is 1210.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 9,550 first-year students enrolled in IU. The proportion of full-time students is 99.69% and part-time students is 0.31%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 48.53% and women students is 51.45%.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at IU.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Rank, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at IU. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Indiana University-Bloomington.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The application fee is $65 for applying undergraduate schools and $70 for for applying graduate schools at Indiana University-Bloomington. The following table provides general admission information for applying to IU.