College · Public · Kokomo, IN · City
Indiana University-Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Admit rate86%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$4k
Undergrad size2,352
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $4k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 86% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1065 · ACT 23.
If you get in
2,352 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $12k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $4k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$47k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$16k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$31k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $22.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,166
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans30%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention68%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out20%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 2,352
- Location
- Kokomo, IN
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- IU Kokomo · IUK · IU KO
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White75%
- Hispanic13%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- International1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time16%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$42k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 30
What you can study.