College · Public · Indiana, PA · Town
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana, PA
Admit rate91%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size6,764
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/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 91% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1082 · ACT 21.
If you get in
6,764 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$108k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$67k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$40k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $16.3k
- Room & board
- $13.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,100
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans59%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
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$51k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 6,764
- Location
- Indiana, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White76%
- Black9%
- Hispanic5%
- Two or more races5%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
- International1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$57k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 59
What you can study.