Butler University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 111 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 103 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 7.2%
- No Data103 · 92.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 6
- Jan 2024Approved for Distance EducationAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Apr 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Jan 2020Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Dance, Commission on Accreditation · Dance (DANCE) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and non-degree-granting programs
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 855 students received $5.3M in Pell grants, alongside $43.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 877 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (0.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Butler
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus15
- Non-campus3
- Public property1
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race2
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- CTS Apartment C1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 6 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Butler vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Butler selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectButler University | 80% | — | 5,746 | $38,472 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 47% | 70.4% | 2,770 | $21,318 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 36% | 92.8% | 4,770 | $16,774 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 55% | 97.8% | 4,815 | $19,988 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 60% | 76.4% | 4,106 | $21,994 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 22% | 94.3% | 5,274 | $20,319 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 51% | 92.8% | 4,793 | $20,819 |
Institutions like Butler
Explore the federal data for institutions in Butler's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIndiana
Indiana Institute of Technology
Grad rate47%Admit rate70.4%Enrollment2,770Net price$21,318View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIllinois
Concordia University-Chicago
Grad rate36%Admit rate92.8%Enrollment4,770Net price$16,774View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMichigan
Davenport University
Grad rate55%Admit rate97.8%Enrollment4,815Net price$19,988View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsOhio
Ashland University
Grad rate60%Admit rate76.4%Enrollment4,106Net price$21,994View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWisconsin
Herzing University-Madison
Grad rate22%Admit rate94.3%Enrollment5,274Net price$20,319View data
Butler Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Our mission is to foster a data-driven culture and facilitate strategic planning and decision-making by providing accurate, relevant, and unbiased data; offering higher education research expertise and statistical consulting services; and improving teaching and learning by assisting academic departments with program reviews and other assessment efforts.
Visit IR office page- Amia FostonDirector of Institutional Research & Assessment
- Laura DailyInstitutional Research Specialist
- Carrie AllenAssociate Director of Assessment and Accreditation
Common Data Set
Butler's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C111,139 applied → 9,144 admitted (82.1%) → 1,292 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 82.1% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1163–1330 (median 1250).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 26–31 (median 29).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Source publications
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