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# Indiana University-Indianapolis Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Indiana University-Indianapolis?

Indiana University-Indianapolis’s reported acceptance rate is 76.4%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
76.4%

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-Indianapolis admits 76.4% of applicants, a rate that sits just below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The university is a broadly accessible public university in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the admission rate reflects that open door.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Indiana University-Indianapolis students report?

The academic profile of recent entering students at Indiana University-Indianapolis shows a broad middle range. Among enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half earned between 1,030 and 1,240.

For the ACT, the middle half ranged from 21 to 29. These figures describe the enrolled class, not minimum requirements.

An applicant whose scores sit near the upper end of these ranges can see them as a point of reference for the stronger academic profiles in the entering class. Scores near the lower end still fall within the middle half of enrolled students.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Indiana University-Indianapolis. 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**
1030

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1240

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**
21

**75th percentile**
29

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

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Indiana University-Indianapolis?

**Pell Grant recipients**
37.3%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
27.6%

**First-year retention**
72.2%

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-Indianapolis is a public university in Indianapolis, Indiana, enrolling 13,830 undergraduates. The student body includes a substantial share of Pell Grant recipients, at 37.3%, and an estimated 27.6% of students arrive as transfers or part-time students, continuing coursework begun elsewhere.

The composition suggests a campus that serves students entering through multiple routes, not a single traditional pathway.

Indiana University-Indianapolis is a public university where the strongest pillar is mobility, and the completion figures sit below the peer medians. The first-year retention rate is 72.2%, and the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 54.4%.

For comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median retention rate is 83.1% and the peer median six-year completion rate is 65.0%. Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 44.1%, which is below the overall six-year rate by 10.3 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect a university where the majority of first-year students persist, and where graduation outcomes for the entering class as a whole sit below those of comparable institutions. Azimuth ranks the university #164 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions, a pillar that measures economic advancement for completers.

## 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/).