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Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana Public 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, Indiana State University is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 7,895 students in fall 2024, including 6,224 undergraduates and 1,671 graduate students.

Indiana State University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 130 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Psychology, General, Construction Management, and Educational Leadership and Administration. It awarded 1,986 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 65 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

7,895
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
1,986
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
130
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 130

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 12
Education 23
Health Professions 19
Psychology 4
Engineering Technologies 12
Social Sciences 8
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Transportation and Materials Moving 3
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Visual and Performing Arts 5
Communication and Journalism 7
Public Administration and Social Services 4
English Language and Literature 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 5
Mathematics and Statistics 1
  • Mathematics BachelorMaster Online option 19 graduates
Physical Sciences 3
Family and Consumer Sciences 3
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Military Technologies 1
  • Intelligence CertificateBachelor Online option 17 graduates
Architecture 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Engineering 1
History 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
66%
First-year retention, part-time students
60%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,334
Master's degrees
426
Doctoral degrees (research)
51
Professional doctorates
62
Certificates under 1 year
41
Postbaccalaureate certificates
24
Post-master's certificates
48

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
7,895
Undergraduates, fall 2024
6,224
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,671
Full-time, fall 2024
78%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,941
Undergraduates, 2024-25
7,900
Graduate students, 2024-25
2,041
Full-time, 2024-25
66%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
58%
Men
42%
White
65%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
15%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
65
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
27%
Students taking some online courses
41%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Missouri Valley Conference
President
Mike Godard
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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