Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Location: Midwest
Setting: Large City Setting
Type: Public
Size: Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)
Mascot: Jaguars
Nickname: IUPUI
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School Description
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The campuses of Indiana University are currently involved in a comprehensive review of their respective missions. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education retains authority to review and approve such missions. The following paragraphs are drawn from the last approved mission statements.

Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) serves the largest urban area in the state, the state capital, the business and commercial center of Indiana, and the state�s center for important service industries such as health care and communications. IUPUI fosters teaching excellence in the core disciplines of the liberal arts and sciences, develops professional programs that embody a city-based blend of intellectual rigor and occupational practice, and offers an array of supporting services that assist both undergraduate and graduate students in meeting their educational and personal goals.

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Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is an urban shared campus of Indiana University and Purdue University located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana University is the managing partner. IUPUI offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees from both Indiana University and Purdue University.

IUPUI completed a fundraising campaign in 2004 that generated over $1 billion, one of only 22 universities in the United States to achieve this.

Academics

IUPUI offers more than 180 undergraduate majors and ranks among the top fifteen in the country in the number of first professional degrees it confers and among the top seven in the number of health-related degrees. It is the home campus to 70 graduate and professional degrees, including the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI,and the Indiana University School of Dentistry. The school also boasts the Indiana University School of Nursing, the Indiana University School of Social Work, the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Indiana University School of Informatics, the Center on Philanthropy, the Purdue School of Science and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology.

Created in 1999, the IU School of Informatics is the nation's first such school. IUPUI, along with IUB, hosts the first Ph.D. program in Informatics in the United States. The program offers tracks in bioinformatics, chemical informatics, health informatics, human-computer interaction and social informatics.

IUPUI has more students from Indiana than any other campus in the state. It also has the largest population of graduate and professional students of any university campus in Indiana. Almost 75 percent of IUPUI classes have 25 or fewer students. IUPUI also has the most ethnically diverse student body in the Indiana University system.

Because of the school of medicine and other graduate schools, IUPUI hosts research on infectious disease, cancer and degenerative disorders.

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 21,388
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 87%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 16,547
Students Receiving Aid: 76%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 50
Selectivity: Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 87%
Part-Time 13%
Men vs. Women
Women 59%
Men 41%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 81%
African-American 9%
Other 5%
Asian 3%
Hispanic 2%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 97%
Out-of-State 3%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Indiana 97%
Michigan 0%
Florida 0%
Ohio 0%
Illinois 0%
Percent of Students International: 3%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 5%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Basketball (Mid-Continent Conference)
Baseball (Mid-Continent Conference)
Track (Mid-Continent Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 6,219 $ 16,547  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 5,625 $ 15,953  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 594 $ 594  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,930 30%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,825 39%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 1,797 27%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,723 46%  
Any Aid:
  76%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 74% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 74%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 440, Math: 440
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 550, Math: 560
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 26%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 18, Verbal: 16, Math: 17
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 23, Math: 23

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 50.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Not Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Associate's Level Majors
Bachelor's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Career Education Majors

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