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2021 Degree Completion

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

For 2021, IU awards 23,910 degrees; only -0.03% fewer than last year. Overall, IU Bloomington awards 47.7%, IUPUI 35.0%, and regional campuses 17.3% of degrees. Domestic students of color and females hit records for degree completions.

The majority of completions (65.4% or 15,635) are at the bachelor degree level. The average cumulative GPA is 3.3, and the top three program areas across IU include Business/Commerce (19.1%), Nursing/Registered Nurse (5.0%) and Public Administration (4.3%).

In the last 5 years, there has been an increase of +25.1% in degrees completed by domestic students of color. Degrees completed by adult learners, age 25+, has decreased by -10.2%.

Please find a larger version of this infographic here. For more detailed and interactive views of this degree completion data, click here.