Butler University
Indianapolis, IN · Midwest
- Acceptance rate
- 85.1%
- SAT mid-50
- 1160-1350
- Cost after aid
- $36,041
- Graduation rate
- 80%
What Butler University says matters
How Butler University rates each admissions factor in its Common Data Set, with the full published numbers below.
- Acceptance rate
- 85%
- 8,058 of 9,471
- Yield
- 13%
- 1,037 enrolled
- SAT mid-50
- 1170-1330
- ACT mid-50
- 26-31
- CDS year
- 2024-25
Acceptance rate by gender
- Men
- 84%3,302 of 3,909
- Women
- 85%4,752 of 5,558
Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Academic GPA
- Standardized test scores
Important
- Application essay
- Extracurricular activities
Considered
- Class rank
- Recommendations
- Talent or ability
- Character or personal qualities
- First generation
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Level of applicant's interest
Not considered
- Alumni relation
- State residency
- Religious affiliation or commitment
The full Common Data Set
Every figure Butler University published for 2024-25, section by section.
First-Time, First-Year Admission90
Applications
- Total first-time, first-year men who applied
- 3,909
- Total first-time, first-year women who applied
- 5,558
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who applied
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who applied
- 4
- Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted
- 3,302
- Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted
- 4,752
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who were admitted
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who were admitted
- 4
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 380
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 656
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 1
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 9,471
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 8,058
- Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
- 1,037
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 4,388
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 3,661
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 526
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 4,677
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 4,246
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 495
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 398
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 148
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 3
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 0
Wait List
- Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:
- 0
- Number accepting a place on the waiting list:
- 0
- Number of wait-listed students admitted:
- 0
- Is your waiting list ranked?
- N
- Do you release that information to school counselors?
- N
Admissions Requirements
- Total academic units
- 12
- English
- 4
- Mathematics
- 3
- Science
- 3
- Social studies
- 2
- Other (specify)
- Response Text
- Foreign language
- 2
Basis for Selection
- selective admission for out-of-state students
- selective admission for out-of-state students
- other (explain):
- other (explain):
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Academic GPA
- Very Important
- Standardized test scores
- Very Important
- Application Essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent/ability
- Considered
- Character/personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not Considered
- State residency
- Not Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant’s interest
- Considered
Entrance Exams
- ACT Only
- Not required for admission, but considered if submitted
- SAT Only
- Not required for admission, but considered if submitted
First-time, first-year Profile
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 0.35
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 0.19
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 366
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 193
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1,170
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1,250
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1,330
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 590
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 630
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 680
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 620
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 620
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 670
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 26%
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 28%
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 31%
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 24%
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 26%
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- 30%
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 25%
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 29%
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 33%
- ACT Writing: 75th Percentile
- Score
- ACT Science: 75th Percentile
- Score
Admission Policies
- Amount of application fee:
- 50
- Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?
- Yes
- Application closing date (fall)
- 8
- Priority Date
- 1
- If yes, maximum period of postponement:
- 1
Transfer Admission24
Fall Applicants
- Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
- Does please If yes, maytransfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other
- If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?
- colleges/universities?
- Another Gender
- 300
- Unknown
- Another Gender Unknown
- Total
- Total
- Men
- Men
- Women
- Women
- Another Gender
- Another Gender
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Total
- Total
- Men
- Men
- Women
- Women
- Another Gender
- Another Gender
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Total
- Total
Application for Admission
- Fall
- x
- Spring
- x
- Summer
- x
- High school transcript
- Required of Some
- College transcript(s)
- Required of All
- Essay or personal statement
- Not Required
- List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
- 2.5 ## Response Text (no URLs please) Depending on program, might have additional steps,. Pre-reqs, or supplements to complete List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the 'Rolling admission' column.
- Fall
- 06-01
- Spring
- 11-01
Academic Offerings and Policies15
Special Study Options
- Accelerated program
- x
- Cross-registration
- x
- Distance learning
- x
- Double major
- x
- Dual enrollment
- x
- Exchange student program (domestic)
- x
- Honors Program
- x
- Independent study
- x
- Internships
- x
- Liberal arts/career combination
- x
- Student-designed major
- x
- Study abroad
- x
- Teacher certification program
- x
- Undergraduate Research
- x
- Weekend college
- Response Text
Student Life44
Percent Participating
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 48%
- Percent of men who join fraternities
- 0
- Percent of women who join sororities
- 0
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 92%
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 8.0%
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0
- Percent of men who join fraternities
- 50% 27%
- Percent of women who join sororities
- 35%
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 68%
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 32%
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 2.0%
Average Age
- Average age of full-time students
- 18
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 18
- Average age of full-time students
- 20
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 20
Activities Offered
- Campus Ministries
- x
- Choral groups
- x
- Concert band
- x
- Dance
- x
- Drama/theater
- x
- International Student Organization
- x
- Jazz band
- x
- Literary magazine
- x
- Marching band
- x
- Model UN
- x
- Music ensembles
- x
- Musical theater
- x
- Opera
- x
- Pep band
- x
- Student government
- x
- Student newspaper
- x
- Student-run film society
- x
- Symphony orchestra
- x
- Yearbook
- x
ROTC
- On Campus
- x
- At Cooperating Institution
- Response Text
- Name of Cooperating Institution
- Response 'x'
- At Cooperating Institution
- x
- Name of Cooperating Institution
- Indiana University Bloomington
Housing
- Coed dorms
- x
- Apartments for single students
- x
- Fraternity/sorority housing
- x
- Theme housing
- x
- Living Learning Communities
- Response Text
Financial Aid63
Need-based Aid Awarded
- Federal
- 5,513,242
- State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
- 6,394,832
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 44,081,518
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 5,094,141
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 61,083,733
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 15,172,349
- Federal Work-Study
- 1,581,960
- Parent Loans
- 4,542,790
Non-need-based Aid Awarded
- Federal
- 0
- State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
- 56,409
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 44,790,794
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 49,509,284
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 11,174,356
- State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
- 0
- Total Self-Help
- 11,174,356
- Parent Loans
- 7,495,831
- Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
- 0
- Athletic Awards
- 4,764,609
Students Awarded Aid
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- 1,037
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 1,008
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 576
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 576
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 568
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 384
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 4,183
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 2,185
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 2,185
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 2,071
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 1,490
- G. Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 453
- H. Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 286
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- 50
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 31
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 28
- G. Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 4
- H. Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 4
- I. On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- in $
- K. Average need-based scholarship and grant award of those in line e
- 27,249
Source Type Loan
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 426
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 418
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 0
- D. State loan programs.
- 0
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 0.5
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 0.49
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 0
- D. State loan programs.
- 0
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 0.15
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 37,800
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 20,747
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 0
- D. State loan programs.
- 0
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 56,722
Aid to Nonresidents
- Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
- X
- Institutional scholarship or grant aid is not available
- Number
- If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:
- Average in $
- Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents: Checkoff all financial aid forms nonresident first-year financial aid applicants
Financial Aid Deadlines
- Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:
- 1-Dec
- Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:
- NA
- No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)
- 1
Institutional Aid
- Academics
- X
- Athletics
- X
- Leadership
- X
- Music/drama
- X
Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred47
Diploma/Certificates
- Public administration and social services
- Public administration and social services
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Construction trades
- Construction trades
- Mechanic and repair technologies
- Mechanic and repair technologies
- Precision production
- Precision production
- Transportation and materials moving
- Transportation and materials moving
- Visual and performing arts
- Visual and performing arts
- Health professions and related programs
- Health professions and related programs
- Business/marketing
- Business/marketing
- History
- History
- Other
- Other
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- TOTAL (should = 100%) Totalshould=100%
Associate
- Philosophy and religious studies
- Philosophy and religious studies
- Theology and religious vocations
- Theology and religious vocations
- Physical sciences
- Physical sciences
- Science technologies
- Science technologies
- Psychology
- Psychology
- Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services
- and protective services
- Public administration and social services
- Public administration and social services
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Construction trades
- Construction trades
- Mechanic and repair technologies
- Mechanic and repair technologies
- Precision production
- Precision production
- Transportation and materials moving
- Transportation and materials moving
- Visual and performing arts
- Visual and performing arts
- Health professions and related programs
- Health professions and related programs
- Business/marketing
- Business/marketing
- History
- History
- Other
- Other
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 100%
Bachelors
- Agriculture
- 0
- Natural resources and conservation
- 0.007
- Architecture
- 0
- Area, ethnic, and gender studies
- 0.004
- Communication/journalism
- 0.104
- Communication technologies
- 0
- Computer and information sciences
- 0.017
- Personal and culinary services
- 0
- Education
- 0.07
- Engineering
- 0.001
- Engineering technologies
- 0
- Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
- 0.036
- Family and consumer sciences
- 0
- Law/legal studies
- 0
- English
- 0.02
- Liberal arts/general studies
- 0.001
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 100%
Enrollment And Persistence161
Institutional Enrollment
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: men
- 380
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: women
- 656
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: unknown
- 0
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: men
- 57
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: women
- 47
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: men
- 1,257
- All other degree-seeking: women
- 1,870
- All other degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- Total degree-seeking: men
- 1,694
- Total degree-seeking: women
- 2,573
- Total degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- Total degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: men
- 7
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 8
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 0
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 0
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: men
- 1,701
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: women
- 2,581
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: another gender
- 0
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: unknown
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: men
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: women
- 1
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: unknown
- 0
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: men
- 1
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: women
- 1
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: men
- 31
- All other degree-seeking: women
- 16
- All other degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- Total degree-seeking: men
- 32
- Total degree-seeking: women
- 18
- Total degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- Total degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: men
- 39
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 117
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 1
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 0
- Total undergraduate Part-Time Students: men
- 71
- Total undergraduate Part-Time Students: unknown
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time: another gender
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time: unknown
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: men
- 82
- All other degree-seeking: women
- 214
- All other degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: men
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time: another gender
- 0
- Degree-seeking, first-time: unknown
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: men
- 204
- All other degree-seeking: women
- 273
- All other degree-seeking: another gender
- 0
- All other degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: men
- 2
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 2
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 0
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 0
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: men
- 304
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: women
- 507
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: another gender
- 0
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: unknown
- 0
- Total Graduate Students: men
- 417
- Total Graduate Students: women
- 840
- Total Graduate Students: another gender
- 0
- Total Graduate Students: unknown
- 0
- Total All Students: men
- 2,189
- Total All Students: women
- 3,556
- Total All Students: another gender
- 1
- Total All Students: unknown
- 0
- Total all undergraduates
- 4,489
- Total all graduate
- 1,257
- Grand Total All Students
- 5,746
All
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: men
- 113
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: women
- 333
Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category
- Nonresidents
- 16
- Hispanic/Latino
- 84
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 64
- White, non-Hispanic
- 769
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 1
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 36
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 59
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 8
- TOTAL
- 1,037
- Nonresidents
- 56
- Hispanic/Latino
- 318
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 225
- White, non-Hispanic
- 3,316
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 4
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 175
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 184
- Nonresidents
- 70
- Hispanic/Latino
- 326
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 229
- White, non-Hispanic
- 3,452
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 4
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 179
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 187
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 42
- TOTAL
- 4,489
Persistence
- Associate degrees
- 0
- Bachelor's degrees
- 907
- Postbachelor's certificates
- 137
- Master's degrees
- 268
- Post-Master's certificates
- 19
- Doctoral degrees – professional practice
- 229
Graduation Rates
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 192
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 319
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 815
- Total
- 2,018
- Total
- 0
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 192
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 319
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 814
- Total
- 192
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 126
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 214
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 631
- Total
- 126
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 12
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 19
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 51
- Total
- 12
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 1
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 9 12
- Total
- 2
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 140
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 234
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 691
- Total
- 140
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 0.73
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 0.73
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 0.85
- Total
- 73
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan whodid not
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- receive a Pell Grant Students whodid not receive either a Pell Grant or a
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- subsidized Stafford Loan
- Total
- 2,017
- Total
- 0
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 0
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 0
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 0
- Total
- 0
- Total
- 0
- Total
- 0
- Total
- 0
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- 0
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- 0
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- 0
- Total
- 0
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- #DIV/0!
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- #DIV/0!
- Total
- #DIV/0!
Instructional Faculty And Class Size32
Instructional Faculty
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 385
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 63
- C. Total number who are women
- 209
- D. Total number who are men
- 176
- E. Total number who are nonresidents (international)
- 11
- F. Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree
- 331
- G. Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s
- 52
- H. Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s
- 1
- I. Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.)
- 1
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 232
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 22
- C. Total number who are women
- 121
- D. Total number who are men
- 111
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 617
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 85
- C. Total number who are women
- 330
- D. Total number who are men
- 287
Student to Faculty Ratio
- Fall 2024 Student to Faculty ratio
- 11
- based on ____ students
- 5,068.3
- and ____ faculty
- 462.3
Undergraduate Class Size
- 20-29
- 411
- 30-39
- 85
- 40-49
- 13
- 50-99
- 39
- 100+
- 3
- 10-19
- 58
- 20-29
- 39
- 30-39
- 4
- 40-49
- 1
- 50-99
- 3
- 100+
- 0
- Total
- 111
About Butler University
Butler University is a small private university in Indianapolis, IN, in a city setting.
What Butler University looks for
Butler University admits the majority of applicants who meet its baseline academic profile. For most students applying here, the work is in writing applications that reflect real fit rather than treating the application as a checklist. Demonstrated interest matters more here than at the most selective schools. Visiting, attending an info session, and asking real questions of admissions all move the needle.
Frequently asked
What SAT score do I need for Butler University?
Butler University's middle 50% SAT range is 1160 to 1350. A score in or above that band keeps you in the conversation; below it, the rest of your application has to do more work.
What ACT score do I need for Butler University?
Middle 50% ACT range is 26 to 31. The top of that range or above is what most admitted students submit when they choose to send a score.
What is the acceptance rate at Butler University?
Butler University admits roughly 85% of applicants. An acceptance rate above 40% means a strong application can land here without high-end stats.
What does Butler University actually cost after financial aid?
Average net cost (after institutional aid) is about $36,041 per year. Net cost varies enormously by family income; run the school's net price calculator for an estimate that reflects your situation.
Is Butler University a reach, match, or safety for me?
Compare your stats to the middle 50% above. If you are at or below the 25th percentile, treat Butler University as a reach. If you are in the middle 50%, it is a match. Above the 75th percentile and the school accepts above 25% overall, it is closer to a safety. Selectivity below 20% should be treated as a reach for everyone, period.