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Indiana University Bloomington

Public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.

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By James A. Barham, PhD

Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) was founded in 1820. It is the flagship campus of the IU System.

The university is divided into 16 schools. Together, they offer some 550 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and professional certificates, of which the business and communications programs are among the most sought-after. IUB’s online program offers more than 150 degree programs.

IUB is associated with nine Nobel laureates, namely:

Physics—J. Hans D. Jensen and Riccardo Giacconi
Physiology or Medicine—Hermann J. Muller, Salvador Luria, Renato Delbucco, James D. Watson, and Ferid Murad
Economics—Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom

Other distinguished IUB-connected individuals include the following:

Mathematicians—Robert Daniel Carmichael, Max August Zorn, and Raymond Smullyan
Astronomer, Daniel Kirkwood
Philosophers—George Nakhnikian, Nino B. Cocchiarella, Paul Vincent Spade, Allen W. Wood, Marcia Baron, and David Chalmers
Semiotician, Thomas A. Sebeok
Poet and translator, Willis Barnstone
Novelists, Theodore Dreiser and Robert Coover
Romance fiction author, Meg Cabot
Crossword puzzle author, Will Shortz
Literary scholar, Susan Gubar
Actors—Kevin Kline, Lee Majors, Andreas Katsulas, Laverne Cox, and Jonathan Banks
Classical pianist, André Watts
Classical cellist, János Starker
Classical violinists, Joshua Bell and Jaime Laredo
Jazz trumpeter and composer, Chris Botti
Bassist and composer, Edgar Meyer
Modernist classical composer, Iannis Xenakis
Symphony conductor, Leonard Slatkin
Sopranos—Eileen Farrell, Virginia Zeani, and Sylvia McNair
Choral conductor, Paul Hillier
Singer, songwriter, and actor, Hoagy Carmichael
Singer-songwriters, John Mellencamp and Emilie Autumn
Musician and record producer, Booker T. Jones
Ichthyologists, David Starr Jordan and Carl Eigenmann
Historians of science, William R. Newman and Robert D. Proctor
Psychologist, B.F. Skinner
Cognitive scientists, Douglas Hofstadter and Olaf Sporns
Sociologist, Alfred R. Lindesmith
Sexologist, Alfred Kinsey
Economist, George M. von Furstenberg
World War II war correspondent, Ernie Pyle
Television hosts, Tavis Smiley and Sage Steele
Television writer, Suzanne Collins
Television news anchors, Jane Pauley and Max Robinson
Wikipedia co-founder, Jimmy Wales
Citigroup CEO, Vikram Pandit
Former US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
1940 Republican Party presidential candidate, Wendell Willkie
Former US Representatives, Frank McCloskey and Lee Hamilton
Former US Senators, Birch Bayh and Evan Bayh
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

IUB is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

From Wikipedia

Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of the Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest campus.Indiana University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It has numerous schools and programs, including the Jacobs School of Music, the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the Kelley School of Business, the School of Public Health, the School of Nursing, the School of Optometry, the Maurer School of Law, the School of Education, the Media School, and the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

Source: Wikipedia

Admissions

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Annual Applications

44,129

Acceptance

80%

Graduation Rate

77%

Median SAT Score

1255

Median ACT Score

Costs

How much does it cost to attend?

Tuition (in-state)

$9,575

Fees (in-state)

$1,372

After Graduation

Averages for 10 years after enrolling

Avg Earnings

$57,800

Employed

92%

Campus Life

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The People

Full time on-campus stats

Student Body

40K

Under-Grads

33K

Graduates

The Campus

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Location

107 South Indiana Ave.,
Bloomington IN
47405-7000

City Crime Rates

Property Crime

32 per 100k

Violent Crime

4 per 100k

Influential People

Who are Indiana University Bloomington's Most influential alumni?

Indiana University Bloomington's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of . Indiana University Bloomington’s most academically influential people include Don Herold, Mohammad Javad Abdolmohammadi, and Edgar Howard Sturtevant.