Indiana University CDS VERIFIED

Bloomington, Indiana (Midwest) · 33,000 undergrads · ~37 avg class size · 17:1 student-faculty · $12,144/yr sticker

public Tier 5

Bloomington flagship. Kelley business school is a top undergrad direct-admit, music school is world-renowned.

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Stats below are CDS-based estimates from recent admissions cycles. Verify on the school's official site before making application decisions.

Acceptance rate

75.9%

most recent reported cycle

By application round

Early Action82.0%

Regular Decision77.0%

State residency

In-state84.0%

Out-of-state74.0%

By college within the university

Kelley School of Business (Direct Admit)

Direct-admit Kelley is way harder than Standard Admit (which is most students)

30.0%

Jacobs School of Music

Audition is the primary gate

30.0%

Hutton Honors College

20.0%

Luddy School (CS, Informatics)

55.0%

College of Arts & Sciences

78.0%

GPA range

3.51–3.93

middle 50% of admitted students (unweighted)

SAT mid-50%

1200–1410

middle 50% admitted SAT score

ACT mid-50%

28–33

middle 50% admitted ACT score

Median earnings (10-yr)

$63K

Federal data — 10 yrs after college entry, all majors combined

≈ 1.8 years of post-grad earnings cover 4 yrs of attendance

Career outcomes · 9 sources

$44K

Entry

$47K

10-year

$74K

Mid-career

Median graduate earnings · 1.8 yrs to pay back 4 yrs of cost · est. lifetime ROI $591K.
Earnings cross-referenced across 9 sources (College Scorecard, Opportunity Insights, Georgetown CEW, FREOPP, PayScale, and more).

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Where this leads

Real career pipelines from this school, based on alumni outcomes and recruiting patterns.

Kelley School accounting grads feed into Big Four offices across Midwest, solid regional pipeline.
Indianapolis financial services (OneAmerica, Lilly) recruit heavily; strong local alumni network but lower prestige than coasts.
Chicago management consulting and tech: IU has reach, but competing against Northwestern, Michigan undergrads directly.
Pharmaceutical/life sciences sales in Indianapolis and surrounding biotech corridor; Eli Lilly presence creates real advantage here.
Tech recruiting concentrated in Indianapolis startups and remote roles; not a Stanford/CMU pipeline, realistic mid-market track.

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