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 144 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is insurance.
College Factual ranked Butler as #140 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Butler held the #234 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 42 colleges in Indiana, Butler is ranked at #5.
See all of the rankings for Butler University.
Butler University has an acceptance rate of 76%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 70% 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 580 and 660. Math scores were between 570 and 660.
Learn more about Butler University admissions.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Butler it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 86%. 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%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Butler University.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,117 | $31,796 | $36,315 | $39,754 | $43,211 |
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 46% of students took out student loans averaging $11,460 a year. That adds up to $45,840 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Butler is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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See which majors at Butler University make the most money.
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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/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/butleru |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 101 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 91 | NA |
| Marketing | 84 | $45,331 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 74 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 49 | NA |
| General Biology | 46 | NA |
| General Psychology | 42 | NA |
| Accounting | 39 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 38 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 31 | 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 2019-2020, 431 students took at least one online class at Butler University. This is an increase from the 118 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 431 | 179 |
| 2018-2019 | 118 | 17 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015-2016 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Butler University.
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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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