Indiana University-East
Public College in Richmond, IN. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $47,156.
Ten years after entry, the median Indiana University-East student earns $47,156 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $18,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
67% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 2,035, typical for a school of this reach. About 29% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 20% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–600 | 78 (20%) |
| SAT Math | 470–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–24 | 28 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 40% graduate within six years. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 27% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 17% return, against 62% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,446 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,718 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $5,154 at $0–30k versus $16,067 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 61% of students at an average of $7,320. Federal borrowing reaches 38% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 306 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $5,154 |
| $30–48k | $5,454 |
| $48–75k | $7,100 |
| $75–110k | $13,260 |
| $110k+ | $16,067 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 923 of these 2,446 students, totalling $6,236,685 — an average of $6,757 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wayne County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)