The average acceptance rate of the 13 public Indiana colleges that have competitive admission is 78.32% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.74%. The acceptance rate at 5 public Indiana colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Purdue University-Main Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 49.87%. Indiana University-East (67.22%) and Purdue University Northwest (72.36%) are following it in the list of Tightest Indiana Public 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.
Purdue University-Main Campus stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Indiana University-East ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,753 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,680 for the academic year 2024-2025.
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 - | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, INPublic, 4-year | 49.87% 0.43% | 29.20% | 1,350 | $28,794 ($9,992) | 58,658 | 83.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Indiana University-East Richmond, INPublic, 4-year | 67.22% 4.02% | 29.17% | 1,050 | $22,811 ($8,424) | 3,203 | 40.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Purdue University Northwest Hammond, INPublic, 4-year | 72.36% 1.73% | 18.27% | 1,020 | $15,504 ($8,357) | 9,051 | 43.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Indiana University-Northwest Gary, INPublic, 4-year | 73.39% 3.31% | 23.50% | 1,050 | $22,811 ($8,424) | 3,041 | 37.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 2 | Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, INPublic, 4-year | 76.37% 5.02% | 24.63% | 1,130 | $34,891 ($10,762) | 22,534 | 54.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 6 - | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, INPublic, 4-year | 78.21% 2.16% | 18.16% | 1,290 | $41,891 ($12,144) | 48,424 | 80.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 5 | Indiana State University Terre Haute, INPublic, 4-year | 80.77% 10.73% | 14.46% | - | $22,322 ($10,258) | 7,895 | 43.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 8 3 | Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, INPublic, 4-year | 83.84% 2.15% | 38.98% | 1,080 | $22,811 ($8,424) | 4,631 | 40.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, INPublic, 4-year | 83.89% 1.77% | 21.42% | 1,090 | $22,887 ($9,532) | 7,206 | 36.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 10 2 | Indiana University-Southeast New Albany, INPublic, 4-year | 84.46% 1.34% | 39.70% | 1,060 | $22,811 ($8,424) | 3,736 | 39.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Average | 75.04% | 25.75% | 1,124 | $25,753 ($9,474) | 16,838 | 49.50% | 15 to 1 |