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Best Colleges in Indiana

The strongest colleges and universities in Indiana, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Indiana, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
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Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 11.3% $26,780 1455-1560 See record
2 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 50% $14,600 1200-1480 See record
3 Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 78% $16,264 1170-1400 See record
4 Butler University Indianapolis, IN 85% $36,041 1160-1350 See record
5 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 77% $42,513 1320-1500 See record
6 Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN 63% $24,336 1060-1270 See record
7 DePauw University Greencastle, IN 57% $22,264 1200-1410 See record
8 Taylor University Upland, IN 74% $24,865 1070-1330 See record
9 Holy Cross College Notre Dame, IN 75% $26,728 - See record
10 Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 89% $18,578 1060-1280 See record
11 Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 76% $25,292 1130-1325 See record
12 Earlham College Richmond, IN 73% $24,714 1110-1290 See record
13 Grace College and Theological Seminary Winona Lake, IN 82% $19,932 1000-1200 See record
14 Marian University Indianapolis, IN 95% $24,018 - See record
15 Hanover College Hanover, IN 84% $21,829 1110-1280 See record
16 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marion, IN 89% $22,866 960-1180 See record
17 Oakland City University Oakland City, IN 83% $15,210 - See record
18 Goshen College Goshen, IN 84% $14,493 880-1110 See record
19 University of Evansville Evansville, IN 78% $18,499 - See record
20 Trine University Angola, IN 85% $25,355 - See record
21 Huntington University Huntington, IN 76% $19,310 930-1150 See record
22 Ball State University Muncie, IN 86% $14,940 1080-1260 See record
23 Franklin College Franklin, IN 70% $22,855 1060-1240 See record
24 University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 67% $21,602 - See record
25 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 96% $18,196 870-1070 See record
26 Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 76% $11,668 1030-1240 See record
27 Anderson University Anderson, IN 79% $25,021 900-1150 See record
28 Bethel University Mishawaka, IN 98% $18,610 900-1150 See record
29 Union Bible College Westfield, IN 91% $10,110 - See record
30 Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN - $7,770 - See record
31 University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN 96% $12,923 1030-1240 See record
32 Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN 70% $23,206 - See record
33 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary of the Woods, IN 72% $31,872 - See record
34 Manchester University North Manchester, IN 71% $18,805 - See record
35 Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN 86% $3,968 960-1150 See record
36 Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN 72% $6,079 890-1140 See record
37 Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 81% $10,873 - See record
38 Veritas Baptist College Lawrenceburg, IN 95% $21,957 - See record
39 Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN 84% $8,653 950-1190 See record
40 Indiana University-East Richmond, IN 67% $8,134 960-1170 See record