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Indiana University—Bloomington

IN · Public · Midwest · National university · Top 100 tier · 38,177 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate75.9%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2536.2%39.7%40.5%82.4%75.9%no datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. IU recalculates the ACT composite.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

Offer and scholarships based on self-reported scores are contingent on official scores.

School’s words: “If you are offered admission and have self-reported test scores in your application, you must have your official test scores sent from the testing agencies before you can enroll at IU.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡58%SAT 43.2% + ACT 14.8%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT43.2%
Submitted ACT14.8%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1200–1410 median 1310
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
610–700 median 660
500800
SAT Math
590–710 median 650
500800
ACT composite
28–33 median 31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2558.0%75.9%77.0%39.0%38.2%40.9%43.2%14.8%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251160–1350135011601130–1340134011301170–1370137011701180–1390139011801180–138013801180no data1200–141014101200

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2524–31312424–31312426–32322627–32322727–323227no data28–333328

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 4%
  • 2023: 87%
  • 2022: 6%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2024; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  4. Fall 2024 Required for some2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  5. Fall 2023 Required for some2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required for some2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources