Indiana University acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Indiana University admitted 56,218 of 74,077 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 75.9%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Indiana University counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Indiana University acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74,077 | 56,218 | 75.9% | 10,127 | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67,658 | 52,918 | 78.2% | 9,611 | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54,279 | 43,624 | 80.4% | 9,550 | 21.9% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Indiana University
Early decision counts: Not published. Indiana University’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Indiana University waitlist
Indiana University SAT and ACT scores
What Indiana University says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Indiana University rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay
Indiana University testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional. IU Bloomington lets applicants choose whether to include test scores and lets them change that choice after applying.
From Indiana University’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Figures are for IU Bloomington. IU labels its years 2025, 2024 and 2023; each is the Common Data Set for that fall's entering class, shown here as 2025-26, 2024-25 and 2023-24. IU has no early decision plan.
Indiana University acceptance rate questions
- What is the Indiana University acceptance rate?
- Indiana University's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 74,077 first-year applicants and 56,218 admitted, an acceptance rate of 75.9%. It was 78.2% in 2024-25 and 80.4% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Indiana University students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1200 to 1410, and ACT submitters scored 28 to 33. 43.2% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Indiana University waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Indiana University offered 6,271 applicants a place on the waitlist; 2,434 accepted one, and 97 were admitted from it.
- Does Indiana University require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional. IU Bloomington lets applicants choose whether to include test scores and lets them change that choice after applying.
Applying to Indiana University?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Indiana University says it weighs.
Source: Indiana University Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Indiana University. All official acceptance rates