We’re not the top party school but we have a great green rating

The Princeton Review recently released their 2016 rankings of a number of universities, including Indiana University-Bloomington. Rankings were broken down into a number of categories, including admissions selectivity rating, campus life, and careers.

IU accepts around 78 percent of its applicants each year. While this may seem like a rather high percentage, the average high school GPA of these accepted applicants is a 3.64, and 48 percent of students come into IU with GPAs higher than a 3.75. IU’s overall admissions selectivity rating is an 85—while our school accepts a lot of its applicants, those applicants are pretty darn good students.

A subcategory under Campus Life was Sustainability, in which the reviewers broke down the quality of each university’s environmental programs. For this, IU received a “green rating” of 97—among other eco-friendly attributes, we have a formal sustainability committee, available sustainability-focused degrees, and a number of available transportation alternatives to reduce carbon emissions in Bloomington.

Under Careers, IU received a Return On Investment (ROI) rating of 87. On this rating, the Princeton Review writes, “More than 2,000 hiring organizations recruit students from IU, and there are 13 separate specialized career centers that help build industry-specific employer relationships. Of the Indiana University—Bloomington alums who visited PayScale.com, the average starting salary was $45,100 and 51 percent reported feeling their job had a meaningful impact on the world.”

While we’re best known for our specific schools like the Kelley School of Business and the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University as a whole has proven itself to be a very high-quality establishment.

All in all, IU seems to be a pretty good place for the best of thinkers, the planet savers, and the game-changers.

Way to go, Hoosiers!