IUPUI Factbook
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The Basics
What is IUPUI?
IUPUI was created in 1969 as a partnership by and between Indiana and Purdue Universities, with IU as the managing partner.
It is home to 22 schools and academic units and is the third largest campus in the state of Indiana.
IUPUI's Mission
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a partnership between Indiana and Purdue Universities, is Indiana's
urban research and academic health sciences campus. IUPUI's mission is to advance the State of Indiana and the intellectual
growth of its citizens to the highest levels nationally and internationally through research and creative activity, teaching
and learning, and civic engagement. By offering a distinctive range of bachelor's, master's, professional, and Ph.D. degrees,
IUPUI promotes the educational, cultural, and economic development of central Indiana and beyond through innovative
collaborations, external partnerships, and a strong commitment to diversity.
IUPUI's Vision:
To be one of the best urban universities, recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for its achievements.
How is IUPUI different from other IU campuses?
In January 2005, a report identifying the different missions of the Indiana University campuses was released. In it, IUPUI
was characterized as a distinctly urban campus with a responsibility to serve greater Indianapolis through a broad array of
academic programs and community outreach.
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/905_h.pdf (PDF)
2008 Top 30 U.S. NEWS Rankings
| Nursing | Clinical Adult | 4 |
| Public Affairs | Non-Profit Mgmt | 4 |
| Nursing | Clinical Psychiatric | 5 |
| Nursing | Nursing Services Admin | 7 |
| Law | Health | 8 |
| Nursing | Family Practitioner | 12 |
| Public Affairs | Health Pol Mgmt | 12 |
| Law | Legal Writing | 14 |
| Nursing | Overall | 15 |
| Public Affairs | Env Policy Mgmt | 17 |
| Nursing | Pediatrics Practitioner | 19 |
| Community Health | Overall | 30 |
| Public Affairs | Pub Mgmt Admin | 30 |
What are the campus' priorities?
In December 2003, Chancellor Bantz challenged the campus to double its achievements in teaching and learning; research,
scholarship and creative activity; and civic engagement. Read more about these goals and progress that is being made at:
http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/
Facts, figures and statistics
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| Inaugural year |
1969 |
| Employees (2006-2007) |
4,555 full-time |
| Operating Budget (2007-2008) |
$1.05 billion |
| Portion of IU total budget |
43.9 percent |
| Research Funds (2006-2007) |
$254 million |
| Portion of system-wide research funds from IUPUI |
64 percent |
| IUPUI-owned acreage |
512 |
| Gross square feet in facilities |
7.95 million |
| Residence hall spaces |
1,052 |
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IUPUI is the urban research and academic health sciences campus of the Indiana and Purdue Universities. We're home to
the only professional medical and dental schools in the state and our nursing school is the largest multi-discipline nursing
school in the nation.
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The IUPUI campus ranks among the top 15 in the country in the number of first professional degrees it confers and
among the top seven in the number of health-related degrees.
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IUPUI is a leading urban university campus, where students earn degrees from Indiana University or Purdue University.
IUPUI offers its nearly 30,000 students several nationally ranked programs, small class sizes, state-of-the-art facilities and
exceptional faculty.
| Faculty members (2006-2007) |
2,152 full-time, 927 part-time |
| Number of students (2006) |
29,764 |
| Graduates (July 2005-June 2006) |
5,848 |
| Number of states represented in IUPUI's student body |
50 |
| Number of countries represented in IUPUI's student body |
122 |
| Number of international students (spring 2008) |
1126 |
| Students under Age 25 |
63 percent |
| Full-time, traditional-age students |
40 percent |
| Minorities |
15 percent |
| Entered as fall, full-time beginning students |
35 percent |
| Transfer students |
51 percent |
| Undergraduates from Indiana |
97 percent |
| Students who ranked in top 10 percent of their high school class |
11 percent |
Students who reported IUPUI as first choice
( Includes only students who applied to other schools ) |
63 percent |
| Number of living alumni from the IUPUI campus |
130,953 |
| Portion of alumni who live in Indiana |
67 percent |
- IUPUI alumni account for 85 percent of Indiana's dentists, half of the physicians, nearly half of the
state's lawyers, more than a third of the nurses, and a large percentage of the health and rehabilitation sciences
and social work professionals.
- IUPUI has more than 120,000 living alumni.
- 67% of IUPUI alumni remain in Indiana after they graduate.
- Of 508,374 Indiana University, 254,673 live in Indiana. Of those, 77,656 are IUPUI graduates, compared to 114,004 for IU Bloomington.
| Number of schools and Academic Units | 22 |
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| Authorized degree programs | 304 (211 IU, 93 PU) |
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| Percent of degrees that are baccalaureate | 50 |
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| Percent of degrees that are master's | 27 |
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| Percent of degrees that are professional | 11 |
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| Schools conferring the largest number of baccalaureate degrees (in 2005-06) |
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| Continuing Studies | 408 |
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| Engineering & Technology | 375 |
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| Business | 341 |
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| Liberal Arts | 279 |
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| Science | 253 |
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| Schools conferring the largest number of master's degrees (in 2005-06) |
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| Business | 382 |
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| Social Work | 179 |
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| Education | 162 |
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| Science | 125 |
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| Nursing | 106 |
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| Schools with largest enrollments (Fall 2006) |
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| University College | 6,997 |
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| Engineering & Technology | 2,287 |
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| Business | 2,173 |
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| Science | 1,936 |
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| Education | 1,829 |
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| Liberal Arts | 1,601 |
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- The IUPUI campus ranks among the top 15 in the country in the number of first professional degrees it confers and among the top seven in the number of health-related degrees.
- IUPUI is one of 22 universities nationwide that are recognized in four or more of the U.S. News "Programs to Watch" categories. They are: Learning Communities, First-Year Experiences, Service Learning, and Undergraduate Research.
- IUPUI was ranked the 7th best academic institution, and the 26th best overall, place to work in the country by postdoctoral fellows in 2008.
- IUPUI received the Council for Higher Education Award for Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes in 2006 for implementation of Principles of Undergraduate Learning.
- TIAA-CREF selected IUPUI as one of two institutions to receive a Theodore R. Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence in 2006.
- The School of Public and Environmental Affairs' Criminal Justice Policy Management program ranked number 3 in the nation and its Non Profit Management program ranked number 4 in the nation by US News and World Report.
- David McSwane, a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, was identified as one of the top examples of best practices in a national study of Environmental Science courses.
- The School of Engineering & Technology is second in the nation in the number of Engineering Technology bachelor degrees awarded.
- The School of Engineering & Technology is first in the nation in the number of Engineering Technology degrees awarded to women.
- The School of Engineering & Technology has the seventh largest Engineering Technology enrollment in the country.
- Other accolades include: Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Presidential Award, 2006; Savior of Our Cities, 2006; Colleges with a Conscience, 2005; Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s Institutional Progress in Student Learning Outcomes, 2006; Theodore M. Hesburgh Award Certificate of Excellence for implementation of Principles of Undergraduate Learning, 2006.
94% of the research on IUPUI's campus is life and health science related, totaling more than $244 million in
outside research funds in 05-06
- IUPUI offers more than 130 life and health science-related degrees in 12 schools
- More than 1,300 students graduate from IUPUI each year prepared for careers in life and health sciences
- 94% of the research on IUPUI's campus is life and health science related, totaling more than $244 million in
outside research funds in 05-06
- IUPUI is well positioned to be a leader in health and life science research with the second largest medical
school and the largest nursing school in the nation combined with the basic research at the school of science
- Cutting-edge research is taking place at IUPUI in cancer research, diagnosis and treatment; diabetes treatment
and the accompanying conditions of obesity and vascular disease; bio-analytical chemistry; and neuroscience.
- The growing Biomedical Engineering degree, in the School of Engineering and Technology, combines engineering
with life sciences to prepare students for work in the medical device industry
- The only professional dental school in the state is located on the IUPUI campus and educates more than 85% of
the dentists in the state and is home to the Oral Health Research Institute, a leading center for preventive
dentistry research
- A Lilly Endowment grant funded the Indiana Genomics Initiative, a partnership effort between the IU School of
Medicine and University Information Technology Services to unravel the mysteries of the human genome sequence
- The School of Nursing is ranked 8th among all nursing schools with regard to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.
Sixty-seven percent of IUPUI alumni remain in Indiana after they graduate.
- IUPUI has more than 8,000 full-time staff and faculty along with 3,800 part-time employees
- The IU Medical School alone has an economic impact of nearly $650 million, 8,834 jobs and $6.5 million in
state income taxes
- IUPUI attracted $294 million in external research grants and contracts in fiscal year 2007—the most of any campus in the state.
- IUPUI brought in more than $261 million in research funds in 05-06, more than 56% of this is from the federal
government and non-local sources.
- IUPUI creates an infrastructure supportive of innovation with the research conducted here and the work of the
IU Emerging Technologies Center to increase patents, license agreements and spin-off companies. The IUETC has
housed over 30 companies, graduated 6 companies and created over 310 Hoosier jobs at an average salary of $61,000.
- IUPUI currently has more than $525 million in construction occurring on campus.
- Centers like the Indiana Business Research Center and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment provide
data and consulting services to local and state government, businesses and organizations.
- Sixty-seven percent of IUPUI alumni remain in Indiana after they graduate.
- IUPUI is educating the workforce of the future, and retaining the best and the brightest, with new programs
such as informatics, biomedical engineering and forensic science.
- More than 60% of IUPUI students are first-generation college students, contributing to efforts to raise the
educational level of the state.
- One out of every 10 Indianapolis residents has attended or graduated from IUPUI.
- The number of invention disclosures from IUPUI investigators was 200 in fiscal year 2006. The School of Medicine accounted for 82% of these disclosures.
- IUPUI was ranked fourth of 25 colleges and universities deemed to be "Saviors of Our Cities" for contributions to strengthening the economy and quality of life of our neighboring community.
- IUPUI is listed by Princeton Review as a "College with a Conscience" for its outstanding commitment to community involvement.
- IUPUI received the President's Community Service Higher Education Honor Roll award in 2006.
- The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration formed a health work group comprised of IUPUI faculty from the schools of medicine, law, and public and environmental affairs. The workgroup will focus on alternative strategies to address the future of healthcare delivery in Indiana.
- The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment will staff the Commission on Local Government Reform created by Governor Daniels to assess the structure of local government in Indiana.
- IUPUI has a Memorandum of Understanding with Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet School designed to provide their teachers with access to resources at IUPUI and expand the students' opportunities for higher education.
