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University of Indianapolis

INMedium private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #776 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth puts its overall standing in the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Who it’s a good fit for

The University of Indianapolis is a private nonprofit university in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Business and Health Professions lead the degree mix. Return is above average, but the earnings picture is mixed.

Graduates earn about what expects for students like them. The model attributes a gain to the factors it measures and a loss to what it cannot explain.

The typical graduate earns below the median at comparable schools, so the raw and adjusted pictures diverge. Pell recipients complete at a rate below the overall cohort, and mobility is below the levels seen at many peers.

Access is above average, but the mobility is the weakest of the four. The admission rate is below the median for comparable schools, and most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than further study.

A student drawn to the largest programs should know that Nursing and Finance, the best-paid fields, sit alongside Psychology and Kinesiology, where earnings are lower.

University of Indianapolis at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
66.5%
Six-year completion[2]
55.8%
Four-year earnings[3]
$63,673

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$21,262
Median student debt[4]
$26,864
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$23,490

University of Indianapolis rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

University of Indianapolis is a private nonprofit university in Indianapolis, Indiana, enrolling 3,005 undergraduates. In the Azimuth ranking of 1,467 nonprofit four-year institutions, the university lands near the middle of the field (47th percentile).

University of Indianapolis admits 66.5% of applicants, against a peer median of 71.2% for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Among those who enroll full time, 71.0% return for a second year and 55.8% complete within six years, the six-year graduation rate.

Peer medians for comparable institutions of the same type and size are 83.4% and 68.8%. An estimated 21.5% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students.

The four pillars are spread across the ranking. Return is the strongest, at the 66th percentile, and access sits close behind (62nd percentile).

Affordability is weaker (35th percentile), and mobility is the weakest of the four, at the 16th percentile. The shape is a private university where the earnings picture is the clearest strength, while the mobility pillar lags considerably.

Return is the clearest part of the University of Indianapolis profile, although mobility is its weakest pillar. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, return stands in the 66th percentile and access in the 62nd percentile.

Affordability is in the 35th percentile, while mobility is in the 16th percentile. The profile pairs relatively stronger return and access measures with a much lower mobility measure.

32.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants at University of Indianapolis, a measure of financial access. Azimuth ranks the university #554 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The six-year completion rate for Pell recipients is 48.6%, a figure that falls 7.2 percentage points below the overall six-year graduation rate (55.8%). For mobility, Azimuth ranks University of Indianapolis #1,233 among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.

How value-added outcomes are assessed · How to interpret program rankings

University of Indianapolis rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#776

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 16
Access & reach
National percentile: 62
Affordability
National percentile: 35
Return on investment
National percentile: 66

01 / University of Indianapolis briefing

University of Indianapolis cost & financial aid[6][7]

At University of Indianapolis, the price facing the average aid recipient is far lower than the published sticker total. Its average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $21,602, against a published cost of attendance of $52,590 (an average across living arrangements).

The standard budget lists $37,200 in tuition and fees and $15,542 for room and board. Financial aid reduces the published price by an average of $30,988 for aid recipients.

Among comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price is $27,371; the university sits below that figure by $5,769. Azimuth places its affordability pillar in the 35th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The lower peer price comparison and the affordability standing point in different directions.

The published cost of attendance at University of Indianapolis is $52,590 (an average across living arrangements). Azimuth ranks the university #914 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

After grants and scholarships, the average net price for aid recipients from families earning under $30,000 is $15,346, for those earning $48,001 to $75,000 it is $21,262, and for those earning over $110,000 it is $28,004. The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $12,658.

Tuition and fees are $37,200. Aid covers about 59% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, bringing the across all aid recipients to $21,602.

That is $5,769 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size), which is $27,371. Borrowers who complete a degree carry a median of $26,864 in federal student loans, which is $2,665 above the median for comparable institutions of $24,199.

About 92.2% of federal aid recipients take federal loans. Parents who borrow through the separate Parent PLUS program hold a median of $23,490.

If repaid over ten years, the median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month.

Your family income

Choose a household income range to see estimated net price.

Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$21,262

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at University of Indianapolis

Federal borrowing is widespread at University of Indianapolis, where 92.2% of federal aid recipients take federal loans. Among borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $26,864.

These figures cover federal-loan borrowers who completed, rather than all undergraduates. For comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median federal debt is $24,199, and the university's median is $2,665 above that figure.

Parent borrowers are a separate population, with median Parent PLUS borrowing of $23,490. Borrowing is common, and the typical federal debt figure sits above the peer midpoint.

At University of Indianapolis, the return picture is shaped by earnings that land near the model's expectation and borrowing that runs above the peer median. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $63,673.

That is $4,577 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level, an outcome at the 57th percentile.

Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, range from $50,060 in a downside case to $85,668 in an upside case, with a typical scenario of $63,673. Completers who took federal loans leave with a median of $26,864, which is $2,665 above the peer median of $24,199.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month if repaid over ten years.

For the separate population of Parent PLUS borrowers, median borrowing was $23,490. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$26,864
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$23,490

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$305/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$298/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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Read the full cost & aid brief

02 / University of Indianapolis briefing

University of Indianapolis career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $63,673, in the 62nd percentile. That is $4,577 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 66th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.

That places the gap in the 57th percentile. The model splits the gap into two parts.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,669. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,150.

Four years after completion, the median earnings figure points to an above-middle outcome for working federally aided completers at University of Indianapolis: $63,673. Azimuth places that measure in the 62nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 1,317 completers.

The measure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, rather than every former student. A typical earnings scenario based on the program mix is $63,673, not an observed group result.

An estimated 28.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. The earnings percentile and typical scenario both point to results above the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions.

Return is University of Indianapolis’s strongest Azimuth pillar, though its earnings figures sit close to both the model’s expectation and the comparable-school midpoint. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median $63,673 four years after completion, in the 62nd percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250, leaving the university below it by $4,577. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 57th percentile.

Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,669.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,150. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $219.

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $50,060 in the downside case to $85,668 in the upside case. Azimuth ranks the university #501 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Program earnings vary across the larger and higher-earning fields. Finance awarded 66 degrees, with median earnings of $86,923 four years after completion, or 1.04x times the national median for its field.

Nursing had 128 degrees awarded and median earnings of $83,156, at 0.94x times its field’s national median. Accounting awarded 12 degrees and shows $78,477 in median earnings, or 1.03x times the field median nationally.

Biology had 27 degrees awarded, with $67,270 in median earnings and 1.18x times the national field median.

At University of Indianapolis, earnings scenarios show a wide range rather than one earnings path. The downside earnings scenario is $50,060 and the upside scenario is $85,668, both modeled from the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

Program medians four years after completion also differ: Finance reaches $86,923, Nursing reaches $83,156, and Accounting reaches $78,477. The scenario range and field-level figures show why earnings vary across programs.

At University of Indianapolis, a lower average net price than comparable colleges sits beside higher borrowing for completers. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $21,602.

Against comparable institutions (same type and size), the middle net-price figure is $27,371, placing the university below it by $5,769. Aid covers about 59% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.

Completing federal-loan borrowers carry median federal student loan debt of $26,864. The comparable-institution middle debt figure is $24,199, so this amount is above it by $2,665.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $305 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. The lower net price and above-peer borrowing pull in different directions.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$5,669
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$5,150
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$519

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

03 / University of Indianapolis briefing

University of Indianapolis acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

Admission at University of Indianapolis is open to a majority of applicants, with an admission rate of 66.5%. That rate is below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Admissions
Admission rate
66.5%
Read the full admissions brief

04 / University of Indianapolis briefing

What are the largest majors at University of Indianapolis?[12]

At University of Indianapolis, the higher-earning end of the larger programs includes Finance and Nursing, rather than a single dominant field. Four years after completion, Finance has median earnings of $86,923 across 66 degrees awarded, and Nursing records $83,156 with 128 degrees awarded.

Accounting also sits at the higher end, with $78,477 in median earnings and 12 degrees awarded. At a more moderate level, Psychology reports $54,319 and 90 degrees awarded.

The figures show that earnings vary materially across the university’s larger fields.

Business accounts for 23.2% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 17.3%. The largest programs span health, business, movement-focused study, and social science, with earnings varying across those choices.

The University of Indianapolis awards bachelor's degrees across a range of fields, with Business leading at 23.2% of degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 17.3% and Parks, Recreation & Fitness at 10.3%. The university has 16 programs with published four-year earnings data.

The largest single program is Nursing, at 128 degrees awarded, followed by Business Administration and Management at 102 and Kinesiology and Physical Education at 93. The highest-earning program is Finance, with median earnings of $86,923 four years after completion from 66 degrees awarded.

Nursing, the largest program, reports median earnings of $83,156. A smaller program, Biology, shows a benchmark ratio of 1.18x against the national median for its field, with 27 degrees awarded and median earnings of $67,270.

Liberal Arts and General Studies also sits above its national benchmark, at 1.21x, with 19 degrees awarded and median earnings of $64,325. The pattern is one of a health- and business-oriented institution where the largest programs show a mix of earnings outcomes.

Nursing and Finance anchor the top of the earnings list, while Business Administration and Management, one of the largest programs, sits below its national field median. STEM fields account for 8.7% of degrees awarded, so the earnings picture here is not concentrated in a single technical area.

A student looking at the largest programs will find some that beat their national benchmarks and others that fall short of them. Kinesiology and Physical Education earns above its national median at a benchmark ratio of 1.10x.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 128 degrees awarded
$83,156
Business Administration, Management and Operations 102 degrees awarded
$61,006
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness 93 degrees awarded
$59,819
Psychology, General 90 degrees awarded
$54,319
Finance and Financial Management Services 66 degrees awarded
$86,923
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods 47 degrees awarded
$49,861

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

Read the full majors brief

05 / University of Indianapolis briefing

How does University of Indianapolis serve students from different backgrounds?

Completion is the weaker part of the mobility picture at University of Indianapolis. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 55.8%, and Pell recipients complete within six years at 48.6%, below the overall rate by 7.2 percentage points.

Azimuth puts the mobility pillar in the 16th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $519 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level. That measure stands in the 57th percentile.

University of Indianapolis admitted 66.5% of applicants to its reported entering class and enrolls 3,005 undergraduates. Pell Grants reach 32.6% of undergraduates, and an estimated 21.5% of undergraduates entered as transfers or part-time students.

Azimuth places the access pillar in the 62nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That position puts the school above the midpoint of nonprofit four-year institutions on access measures, alongside its admission, Pell participation, and estimated transfer entry figures.

06 / University of Indianapolis briefing

What colleges are similar to University of Indianapolis?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with University of Indianapolis.

Admissions peerManchester University71.1% admitted
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisManchester University
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$52,989-$10,684 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$18,805-$2,797 vs University of Indianapolis · lower cost
Admission rate66.5%71.1%
Higher-admission alternativeBall State University85.5% admitted
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisBall State University
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$57,619-$6,054 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$14,940-$6,662 vs University of Indianapolis · lower cost
Admission rate66.5%85.5%
Explore Ball State University →
Nearby alternativeIndiana University-EastNearby option · IN
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisIndiana University-East
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$58,030-$5,643 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$8,134-$13,468 vs University of Indianapolis · lower cost
Admission rate66.5%67.2%
Explore Indiana University-East →
Higher-earnings alternativeDePauw University$70,091 earnings
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisDePauw University
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$70,091+$6,418 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$22,264+$662 vs University of Indianapolis · higher cost
Admission rate66.5%57.2%
Explore DePauw University →
Lower-cost alternativeIndiana University-East$8,134 average net price
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisIndiana University-East
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$58,030-$5,643 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$8,134-$13,468 vs University of Indianapolis · lower cost
Admission rate66.5%67.2%
Explore Indiana University-East →
Similar profileElmhurst UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with University of Indianapolis
MeasureUniversity of IndianapolisElmhurst University
Peer earnings · 4 years$63,673$63,784+$111 vs University of Indianapolis
Average annual net price$21,602$24,185+$2,583 vs University of Indianapolis · higher cost
Admission rate66.5%73.6%
Explore Elmhurst University →

Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

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

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance uses the frozen 2024 framework baseline. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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