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Home sweet homes:

An overview of IU’s campuses

By Mackenzie Lionberger

mlionber@iu.edu

The Arboretum is seen Dec. 6, 2021, on IU-Bloomington’s campus.

IDS FILE PHOTO BY WILLOW THOMPSON

The nine IU campuses include Indiana University Bloomington, IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, East, Kokomo, Northwest, South Bend and Southeast.

Indiana University Bloomington

IU-Bloomington’s acceptance rate is 80% and is ranked No. 68 in Best National Universities 2020 edition according to USNews.com. Th e total number of students attending Bloomington for its undergraduate degree is 32,982. Th e campus was originally founded in 1820, IU’s Bloomington campus has many high-rated programs, such as the Kelley School of Business, the Maurer School of Law and the School of Education. IU-Bloomington was also ranked fi fteenth out of the 50 most beautiful campuses in the country, according to Th eBestColleges.com.

IU-Purdue University Indianapolis

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis and was founded in 1969. According to USNews.com (2022), IUPUI has an acceptance rate of 69% and is home to 29,966 undergraduate students. Students come from around the globe, including 49 states in the U.S. and 142 countries.

IU-Southeast

IU Southeast is located in New Albany, Indiana. IU Southeast was founded in 1935 and currently has 8,312 undergraduate students. According to USNews. com (2022), it has an 85% acceptance rate and is ranked No. 221 in nursing.

IU-East

East has an acceptance rate of 62.5% and was fi rst established in 1971. Th e enrollment for IU East is 3,200 undergraduate students based on enrollment from fall 2020. According to US News ranking from 2022, IU East is ranked No. 112 nationally and is ranked No. 29 in Top Performers on Social Mobility.

IU-Northwest

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana. It was founded in 1948. It’s acceptance rate is 81.2% and has an enrollment of 3,414 undergraduate students. According to USNews.com (2022), IU Northwest ranks between No. 119 and No. 157 in Regional Colleges Midwest. Th e most popular majors at Northwest are business and nursing.

IU-Kokomo

IU Kokomo — located in Kokomo, Indiana — was founded in 1945. Th e acceptance rate for IU’s Kokomo campus is 83% and according to USNews.com (2022) ranked No. 55 in Regional Colleges Midwest. It’s campus is home to 3,016 undergraduate students.

IU-South Bend

IU South Bend was founded in 1961 and is located in South Bend, Indiana. IU South Bend has an 87% acceptance rate and according to USNews.com (2022), ranks No. 120 in nursing. IU South Bend is home to 4,375 undergraduate students.