Indianapolis, Indiana. 16,582 undergraduate students. 283 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 151111 · OPEID 001813 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Indiana University-Indianapolis
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-26%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Indiana University-Indianapolis fell 26% between 2021 and 2024 (18.7k → 13.8k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Indiana University-Indianapolis fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
PEER OUTLIER · TRENDING BETTER+15%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Indiana University-Indianapolis are 15% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($55.2k vs $48.0k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-11%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Indiana University-Indianapolis fell 10% between 2017 and 2020 ($22.3k → $20.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Indiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Indiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$55,198+17% · 6→10y
Indiana median $46,945
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$47,173
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
53.9%+132% · '97→'24
Indiana median 60.7%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$13,337+409% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
16,582-29% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
72.5%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
81.4%+5% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$10,449+177% · '00→'24
out-of-state $33,717
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.2%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $13,337 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,198 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202413,830
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202454.4%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$20,000
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+132%
Indiana University-Indianapolis · completion · 150% rose
23.5% → 54.4%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+981%
Indiana University-Indianapolis · completion · 100% rose
Indiana University-Indianapolis · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,300 → $55,198
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+34%
Indiana University-Indianapolis · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,900 → $50,780
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+36%
Indiana University-Indianapolis · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,600 → $47,173
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Estimate the financial outcome at Indiana University-Indianapolis
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$657,178
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$11,445
HS-only baseline · IN
$36,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Indiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“Indiana University-Indianapolis graduates earn $X” — not “Indiana University-Indianapolis makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Indiana University-Indianapolis caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.