Indiana University-Bloomington
Indiana University-Bloomington publishes an acceptance rate of 78% and is test-optional for the 2026-27 cycle.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
IU Bloomington is test-optional: 'a test-optional institution providing students with the choice of whether to include test scores,' though the campus 'does prefer that students share any available standardized test scores.' No end date or future change stated.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1170–1400sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–33
- Average HS GPA
- 3.8Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, section C12, Bloomington campus) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Feb 1, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 37,806
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $41,891
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- bloomington.iu.edu
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Sources
- Indiana University-Bloomington test policy (2026-27)
- Indiana University-Bloomington deadlines
- Indiana University-Bloomington GPA (Fall 2025 entering class (CDS 2025-26, section C12, Bloomington campus))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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