Indiana University-Bloomington

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University System. It is the residential campus of the university, which also has an urban campus in Indianapolis and six regional campuses in other cities in Indiana.

The Bloomington campus covers 1,933 acres.

Also known as IU, the university has more than 200 research centers and institutes.

IU is located within a day's drive of one quarter of the U.S. population.

In 1816, the first constitution of Indiana was adopted, providing for a general system of education from township schools to a state university. A state seminary was established in 1820; its name was changed to Indiana College five years later. Finally, a legislative act renamed the school Indiana University in 1838.

Time magazine named Indiana University Bloomington its "2001 College of the Year" among all the major research universities in the country.

IU is divided into the following academic divisions:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Division of Labor Studies
• Jacobs School of Music
• Kelley School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Informatics
• School of Journalism
• School of Law
• School of Library and Information Science
• School of Public and Environmental Affairs

According to 2006 statistics, the university's student population included 4.4% African-Americans, 3.5% Asians, 2.3% Hispanics, and 0.3% American Indians. The student body contains students from all 50 U.S. states and 160 foreign nations.

IU's Greek system offers more than 45 fraternities and sororities. The university's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in several conferences, including the Big Ten, Missouri Valley and the Mid-Continent. The Hoosier athletic program on the Bloomington campus is the university's largest, with more than 24 varsity teams.

Famous alumni of IU include Tony Aiello, broadcast journalist; Jan Harold Brunvand, folklorist, one of the most well-known anthropologists of urban legends; Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries; actor Kevin Kline; Will Shortz, puzzle maker; Kevin Stein, poet laureate of Illinois; John Chambers, president and CEO of Cisco System;s Patty Stonesifer, chairperson, Smithsonian Foundation; Hoagy Carmichael, songwriter-actor, author of "Georgia on My Mind"; Leonard Slatkin, composer and conductor; Seliim al-Hoss, prime Minister of Lebanon; Rog Paige, Secretary of Education; and James D. Watson, groundbreaking researcher of DNA structure, Nobel Prize Winner in 1962 in Physiology or Medicine. Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, attended but did not graduate.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in music and media.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 40,354 in 2009-2010 (39,002 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Indiana University provides on-campus housing for 11,800 of its 39,002 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Ten Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 240 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 189 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Indiana University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (88 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,759 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Related Services
• Business/Commerce
• Labor Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (159 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (50 awarded)

• Environmental Science

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (104 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (14 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (63 awarded)

• Ballet
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1,336 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• International and Comparative Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Speech Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (9 awarded)

• Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (528 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (115 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (270 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Comparative Law (LLM, MCL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,659 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services
• Linguistics
• Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Ural-Altaic and Central Asian Studies
• Western European Studies

MATHEMATICS (71 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (2 awarded)

• Musical Instrument Fabrication and Repair

MEDIA (693 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (6 awarded)

• Community Health and Preventive Medicine

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (125 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Ophthalmic/Optometric Support Svcs and Allied Professions
• Optometric Technician/Assistant

MEDICINE (171 awarded)

• Neuroscience
• Optometry (OD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (364 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (169 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (55 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (536 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Vision Science/Physiological Optics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (132 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (330 awarded)

• Cognitive Science
• Educational Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology