College profile
Indiana University Bloomington
Listed in federal data as “Indiana University-Bloomington”.
IN · Public · Small city · 54,279 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: New Trier Township High School Winnetka (56), St Ignatius College Prep (29), Mira Costa High School (20), Greenwich High School (18), Depaul College Prep (17). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 164 high schools' lists name Indiana University Bloomington; every one is ranked below.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer Science grads from here earn about $114,199 four years out; music grads about $28,727 — a 4.0× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 6× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$28,801/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$63,742/yr) still runs about 6× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
- Built for the AI economy. About 1 in 11 degrees here is already in AI, computer science, or data fields; it offers a dedicated AI major. This campus is leaning into the shift, not waiting for it.
- Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to Indiana University Bloomington?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Indiana University Bloomington, from each school's own published list: New Trier Township High School Winnetka (56), St Ignatius College Prep (29), Mira Costa High School (20), Greenwich High School (18), Depaul College Prep (17). 164 high schools' lists name Indiana University Bloomington.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 164 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name Indiana University Bloomington on a list of where their graduates enrolled whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: Garrison Forest School (1, Three-Year Survey); The Lovett School (1, List as of 5/1/2026 (no class year printed on the list itself; page 2 header reads "College Acceptance and Matriculation" and links this file as the "Class of 2026 matriculation list")).
How this is counted
164 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name Indiana University Bloomington on it. Between them they printed 931 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at Indiana University Bloomington, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 22 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name Indiana University Bloomington on a list of the colleges that admitted their graduates whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: Seven Lakes High School (3, not stated).
How this is counted
22 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name Indiana University Bloomington on it. Between them they printed 421 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to Indiana University Bloomington, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 180 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
AccessibleAccessible for most applicants. Affordable — net price averages ~$16,264/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- Solid academic profiles — the admitted-student bands above are within reach for strong students
- Strong test/GPA students chasing merit aid — Wells Scholars on offer (see merit-scholarship tab below)
- In-state residents (tuition ~$12,144 — major value play)
- Students focused on Business, Management, & Marketing (the school's signature program)
- Research-oriented students (R1 — top tier of federal research funding)
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1170, or ACT below 27, or unweighted GPA below 3.73 (where the school's own admitted students landed)
- Out-of-state tuition is 3.4× the in-state rate
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
41% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 16% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
High-school GPA
3.76 avg unweightedGPA on the plain 4.0 scale, no honors/AP bonus. When a college publishes an "average admitted GPA of 3.9," it's often this scale — don't compare it to a weighted 4.3. GPA, enrolled first-years
unweighted 4.0 scale. Audit 2026-10-07: C12 = 3.76 (95.18% submitting) describes enrolled first-years, Fall 2024 — stays under `enrolled`. The 3.73-4.00 band is not in the CDS; it is the middle 50% of students ADMITTED for fall 2025 on bloomington.iu.edu/admissions/class-profile.html, so it stays under `admitted` (one year newer than the average). Indiana University Bloomington Common Data Set 2024-2025, C12 (enrolled average); IU Bloomington Class Profile, 'Test scores and GPA of students admitted for fall 2025' (middle 50% of admitted students) ↗
As published by the college in its Common Data Set / admissions data (2024-25) — independently verified 2026-07-23 (source linked above). GPA basis (weighted vs. unweighted vs. 4.0-scale) varies by college and is labeled above.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What Indiana University Bloomington actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Indiana University Bloomington's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
Indiana University Bloomington's own published aid policy · 2026-27
Who qualifies: IN residents; last-dollar, covers tuition + fees.
This new grant covers the balance of tuition and mandatory fees for Indiana residents with a family AGI of $80,000 or less, after other eligible aid is applied. Starting in Fall 2026, the grant applies to new first year students, transfer students, and continuing students at IU Bloomington.
Income thresholds assume typical assets. Policy independently verified against the college's financial-aid pages ↗.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways
+$522K ahead at full price +$572K with aidSource: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at Indiana University Bloomington
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Indiana University Bloomington actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Indiana University Bloomington's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Computer Science. | $114,199 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | $105,583 |
| Economics. | $99,653 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | $98,539 |
| Mathematics. | $89,112 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | $81,781 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | $78,721 |
| Apparel and Textiles. | $77,520 |
| Public Administration. | $77,422 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | $74,151 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
Merit aidScholarship money awarded for grades or test scores, not financial need — at many colleges it's automatic at certain GPA/score levels.
What your test score unlocks at Indiana University Bloomington
Score-or-merit-based scholarships published by the institution. Stackable in most cases — confirm with the financial aid office.
| Award | Annual award | Score gate |
|---|---|---|
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Wells Scholars
Wells · any
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$75,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
1500+ SAT |
See all merit scholarships across colleges + 13 national awards on /merit-scholarships →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantIndiana University Bloomington is a public four-year college in IN. It admitted 80% of applicants (54,279 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1170–1400, ACT 27–32. 41% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 16% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class. Average enrolled GPA 3.76 (unweighted, 2024-25, as published by the college).
Cost: about $16,264 a year on average with aid, $28,801 a year at full price for in-state students.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $63,742 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $572,364 ahead with aid, $522,216 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($114,199); Business/Commerce, General ($105,583); Economics ($99,653).
Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $80,000 pay no tuition (IN residents; last-dollar, covers tuition + fees).
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name Indiana University Bloomington: 164, 931 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often New Trier Township High School Winnetka (56.0 per class year, 56 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); St Ignatius College Prep (29.0 per class year, 29 over 1 class year, CLASS OF 2026); Mira Costa High School (20.0 per class year, 20 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/indiana-university-bloomington.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming Indiana University Bloomington: 22, 421 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Mira Costa High School (119.0 per class year, 119 over 1 class year, 2022-2026 College Admission Data, counted column "The first column represents the number of students admitted from the Class of 2026"); Millburn High School (76.0 per class year, 76 over 1 class year, Class of 2025, counted column "ACC=Accepted"); St Andrews School of Boca Raton Inc (43.0 per class year, 43 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/indiana-university-bloomington.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/indiana-university-bloomington.json
Questions families ask
What is Indiana University Bloomington's acceptance rate? Indiana University Bloomington is a public four-year college in IN. It admitted 80% of applicants (54,279 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Does Indiana University Bloomington require the SAT or ACT? Indiana University Bloomington is a public four-year college in IN. It admitted 80% of applicants (54,279 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
What SAT or ACT scores do Indiana University Bloomington students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1170–1400, ACT 27–32. 41% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 16% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class. Average enrolled GPA 3.76 (unweighted, 2024-25, as published by the college).
How much does Indiana University Bloomington cost? Cost: about $16,264 a year on average with aid, $28,801 a year at full price for in-state students.
What do Indiana University Bloomington graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $63,742 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $572,364 ahead with aid, $522,216 ahead at full price.
Which majors at Indiana University Bloomington pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($114,199); Business/Commerce, General ($105,583); Economics ($99,653).
Does Indiana University Bloomington offer free tuition or meet full need? Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $80,000 pay no tuition (IN residents; last-dollar, covers tuition + fees).
Which high schools send the most graduates to Indiana University Bloomington? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Indiana University Bloomington, from each school's own published list: New Trier Township High School Winnetka (56), St Ignatius College Prep (29), Mira Costa High School (20), Greenwich High School (18), Depaul College Prep (17). 164 high schools' lists name Indiana University Bloomington.
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