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# Indiana University-Bloomington Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at IU Bloomington?

IU Bloomington’s reported acceptance rate is 78.2%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
78.2%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Indiana University-Bloomington admits 78.2% of applicants, a figure that sits right at the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do IU Bloomington students report?

Enrolled students who submitted SAT scores posted a middle half from 1,170 to 1,400. Enrolled ACT submitters posted a range from 27 to 33.

Both ranges capture the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of students who chose to submit, not thresholds for admission. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 31% of enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank were in the top tenth of their high-school class.

63% were in the upper quarter. Only 27% of the entering class reported a rank, so those figures describe a subset.

Applicants can compare their own SAT and ACT results to the 1,170–1,400 and 27–33 ranges, keeping in mind that these describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not cutoffs for admission.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at IU Bloomington. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1170

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1400

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
27

**75th percentile**
33

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at IU Bloomington?

**Pell Grant recipients**
16.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
6.3%

**First-year retention**
91.1%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Indiana University-Bloomington enrolls 37,806 undergraduates at its Bloomington campus. The Pell share measures financial access: 16.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants.

An estimated 6.3% arrive as transfers, so the undergraduate population is made up largely of students who began their studies here as first-years rather than continuing coursework started elsewhere. Those figures portray the enrolled population, not the criteria the admissions office uses or the odds facing any single applicant.

Applicants who expect Pell Grants or plan to transfer should run their own numbers on the cost calculator and ask how their prior credits will map to their chosen field.

The university retains 91.1% of its full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year students, well above the peer median of 83.1%. Its [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) of 80.2% also exceeds the peer median of 65.0%.

Pell Grant recipients in the first-time full-time cohort complete at a rate of 59.6%, which is below the overall rate by 20.6 percentage points. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 90% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.

For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 80.0%, and the rate for Pell Grant recipients in that cohort was 68.8%, below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect retention and completion rates that outpace comparable institutions.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).