If you know as much as possible about the school's criteria for admission, you can make a better judgment about your eligibility and boost your chances of getting accepted. Here are the most vital information you need to know about admission at Indiana University Bloomington.

According to the newest data, this institution uses standardized test scores for admission and it admitted 43,624 in 2024. Indiana University Bloomington has an official test-optional admission policy but considers standardized test scores if the applicant decides to submit them. Looking at entrance difficulty level for all or most incoming freshmen, based on data self-reported by the institution this school is moderately difficult to get into.

Test Scores

40.9% of first-time, first-year degree-seeking students submitted their SAT scores for admission, and 16.2% submitted ACT scores, out of the total number of those who submitted test scores. 22.7% of the enrolled students submitted SAT composite scores between 1,400 and 1,600, 49.5% between 1,200 and 1,399, 25.2% between 1,000 and 1,199, 2.5% of the students between 800 and 999, and 0.1% of the students between 600 and 799. The percent of freshman students who submitted ACT Composite scores in the range between 30-36 was 57.9, 33.5 between 24-29, 8.1 in the range between 18-23, and 0.5 between 12-17.

The ACT composite average score for all the enrolled students in 2024 was 29 and the average GPA was 3.78. That means that you need a GPA that's above average in order to get into Indiana University Bloomington; the same goes for your ACT score.

The SAT Critical Reading average score was 636 for the newly enrolled students, while the average SAT Math score was 647.

There are different types of financial help: grants, loans, scholarships, and work-study programs. If you are interested in finding out more about need-based and non-need-based aid at Indiana University Bloomington, here are some recent data you should take into consideration.

According to the most recent data, 3,753 freshmen were awarded financial aid. The average amount of financial aid given to students was $14,865.

Need-based

Need-based aid is financial aid that a student can receive if they are determened to have financial need and meet other eligibility criteria.

There were 10,400 students who obtained need-based financial aid of any kind. Need-based college-administered scholarship and grant aid at Indiana University Bloomington is available to international students. The overall number of students (including freshmen) who were determined to have financial need was estimated to be 12,678. The amount of federal need-based scholarships/grants awarded to the students at this institution summed up to $33,374,762, and state $39,489,425. The students of Indiana University Bloomington received the -institutional need-based aid in the amount of $60,025,862, and external in the amount of $6,407,637.