Indiana University-Southeast
Public College in New Albany, IN. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $47,596.
Ten years after entry, the median Indiana University-Southeast student earns $47,596 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $19,684 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
An acceptance rate of 84% puts Indiana University-Southeast on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,040 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. 40% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 32% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 490–610 | 220 (32%) |
| SAT Math | 480–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 54 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,088 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,102 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $3,782 at $0–30k versus $14,276 at $110k+. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,170 — common but not automatic. About 31% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 600 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 | $3,782 |
| $30–48k | $4,978 |
| $48–75k | $7,046 |
| $75–110k | $11,730 |
| $110k+ | $14,276 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 964 of these 3,088 students, totalling $5,831,214 — an average of $6,049 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Floyd 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)