2025-2026
Accept rate
75.9%
- Applicants
- 74,077
- Admits
- 56,218
- Enrolled
- 10,127
- Yield
- 18.0%
Indiana University Bloomington received 74,077 applications for 2025-2026 and admitted 75.9% of applicants; 10,127 admitted students enrolled (a 18.0% yield). That compares with an acceptance rate of 78.7% in 2016-2017. The middle 50% of enrolled first-year students scored 1200–1410 on the SAT and 28–33 on the ACT. The total cost of attendance was $26,304, and the average need-based grant was $15,861.
| Year | Applications | Admits | Enrolled | Accept Rate | Yield Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 74,077 | 56,218 | 10,127 | 75.9% | 18.0% |
| 2024-2025 | 67,658 | 52,918 | 9,611 | 78.2% | 18.2% |
| 2023-2024 | 54,279 | 43,624 | 9,550 | 80.4% | 21.9% |
| 2022-2023 | 50,080 | 41,272 | 9,736 | 82.4% | 23.6% |
| 2021-2022 | 46,548 | 39,543 | 9,482 | 85.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-2021 | 44,129 | 35,469 | 7,928 | 80.4% | 22.4% |
| 2019-2020 | 42,902 | 33,425 | 8,291 | 77.9% | 24.8% |
| 2018-2019 | 44,169 | 33,970 | 8,097 | 76.9% | 23.8% |
| 2017-2018 | 41,939 | 31,878 | 8,001 | 76.0% | 25.1% |
| 2016-2017 | 34,646 | 27,272 | 7,673 | 78.7% | 28.1% |
Relative importance reported in the latest available Common Data Set.
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic | ||||
| Rigor of secondary school record | ✓ | |||
| Class rank | ✓ | |||
| Academic GPA | ✓ | |||
| Standardized test scores | ✓ | |||
| Application essay | ✓ | |||
| Recommendation(s) | ✓ | |||
| Nonacademic | ||||
| Interview | ✓ | |||
| Extracurricular activities | ✓ | |||
| Talent/ability | ✓ | |||
| Character/personal qualities | ✓ | |||
| First generation | ✓ | |||
| Alumni/ae relation | ✓ | |||
| Geographical residence | ✓ | |||
| State residency | ✓ | |||
| Religious affiliation/commitment | ✓ | |||
| Volunteer work | ✓ | |||
| Work experience | ✓ | |||
| Level of applicant's interest | ✓ | |||