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Indiana University acceptance rate

Indiana University Bloomington · Bloomington, Indiana · Public · 37,806 undergraduates

78.2%
accepted, fall 2024
67,658
applications
52,918
offers of admission
9,611
enrolled (18% of those admitted)

Indiana University admits more of its applicants than the typical four-year college, where the median rate is 77%. Applications reached 67,658 for fall 2024, up 86% on 2014. University of North Texas is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Indiana University in size and selectivity (72%); The University of Texas at Arlington is the easiest (80%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 83%2002 81%2003 81%2004 83%2005 85%2006 78%2007 70%2008 71%2009 73%2010 69%2011 72%2012 74%2013 72%2014 76%2015 78%2016 79%2017 76%2018 77%2019 78%2020 80%2021 85%2022 82%2023 80%2024 78%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202467,65852,91878.2%9,611
202354,27943,62480.4%9,550
202250,08041,27282.4%9,736
202146,49839,54385.0%9,482
202044,12935,46980.4%7,928
201942,90233,42577.9%8,291
201844,16933,97076.9%8,097
201741,93931,87876.0%8,001
201634,64627,27278.7%7,673
201534,48326,89278.0%7,875
201436,36227,66876.1%7,716
201337,82627,30072.2%7,604
201235,24726,22874.4%7,613
201135,21825,45572.3%7,424
201036,71925,39169.1%7,020
200933,01123,97572.6%7,327
200831,17722,03970.7%7,564
200729,05920,28269.8%7,197
200626,64520,87378.3%8,183
200521,97418,60284.7%6,949
200421,17217,57283.0%6,352
200322,17817,99281.1%6,784
200221,26417,26781.2%7,080
200120,22816,77782.9%6,815

Applications and offers

020k40k60k80k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 20k Admitted: 17k2002 Applied: 21k Admitted: 17k2003 Applied: 22k Admitted: 18k2004 Applied: 21k Admitted: 18k2005 Applied: 22k Admitted: 19k2006 Applied: 27k Admitted: 21k2007 Applied: 29k Admitted: 20k2008 Applied: 31k Admitted: 22k2009 Applied: 33k Admitted: 24k2010 Applied: 37k Admitted: 25k2011 Applied: 35k Admitted: 25k2012 Applied: 35k Admitted: 26k2013 Applied: 38k Admitted: 27k2014 Applied: 36k Admitted: 28k2015 Applied: 34k Admitted: 27k2016 Applied: 35k Admitted: 27k2017 Applied: 42k Admitted: 32k2018 Applied: 44k Admitted: 34k2019 Applied: 43k Admitted: 33k2020 Applied: 44k Admitted: 35k2021 Applied: 46k Admitted: 40k2022 Applied: 50k Admitted: 41k2023 Applied: 54k Admitted: 44k2024 Applied: 68k Admitted: 53k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women34,95427,96580.0%
Men32,68424,94176.3%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
590 to 690 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
580 to 710
ACT composite
27 to 33

Colleges similar to Indiana University

The six public four-year colleges closest to Indiana University in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX		80%32,294$17,040$72,508
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN		80%31,855$17,330$74,314
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL		77%33,227$20,202$66,081
University of North Texas
Denton, TX		72%34,341$15,358$59,434
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC		80%24,453$15,142$63,486
University of Houston
Houston, TX		74%38,380$11,439$68,423

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Indiana University to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Indiana University on College Scorecard