by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Butler University was awarded 31 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is educational administration.
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Butler is ranked #377 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Butler is also ranked #10 out of 41 schools in Indiana.
The acceptance rate at Butler University is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Butler is a good fit for you.
About 50% of students accepted to Butler submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 660.
At Butler, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Butler University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Butler University has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Butler for first-time, full-time students is 73%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,492 undergraduates at Butler with 4,347 being full-time and 145 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,600 | $28,804 | $36,345 | $40,785 | $41,507 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Butler, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Butler, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $11,152 a year. That adds up to $44,608 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Butler are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46208 |
| Phone: | 317-940-8000 |
| Website: | www.butler.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 126 | NA |
| Marketing | 122 | $60,438 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 120 | $60,290 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 103 | $39,701 |
| Other Education | 81 | NA |
| Accounting | 78 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 68 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 60 | $50,707 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 55 | NA |
| General Biology | 53 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,584 students took at least one online class at Butler University. This is an increase from the 418 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,584 | 435 |
| 2021-2022 | 418 | 300 |
| 2020-2021 | 431 | 179 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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