$77,235
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Butler University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Indianapolis, Indiana with 4,317 undergraduates and 1,257 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $36,041 a year (tuition and fees $47,560). It admits 85% of applicants and 80% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $77,235 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $26,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$36,041
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$47,560
US median $11,837
Admission rate
85%
US median 78%
Completion rate
80%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$26,000
About $276 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$77,235
Rank 235 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $36,041
- Tuition and fees
- $47,560
- Cost of attendance
- $65,970
- Students with a need-based grant
- 15%
- Students with federal loans
- 43%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $25,278
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $25,696
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $32,679
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $36,778
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $41,134
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $37,010 in 2015-16 to $47,560 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 85%
- Average SAT
- 1,274
- SAT reading, middle
- 625
- SAT math, middle
- 620
- ACT, middle
- 28
- Undergraduates
- 4,317
- Graduate students
- 1,257
- Part-time students
- 1.2%
- Women
- 60%
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Completion rate
- 80%
- Retention rate
- 87%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 96
- Endowment
- $297.2M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 235 of 5,094 US colleges and 4 of 126 in Indiana (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | IN median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $36,041 | $19,432 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $47,560 | $10,090 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 85% | 80% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 80% | 62% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 87% | 75% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $26,000 | $16,666 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $61,627 | $36,186 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $77,235 | $43,603 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 85% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 85% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
96 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 102 | $23,250 | $60,290 | $81,344 | $83,343 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationProfessional | Professional | 100 | $41,000 | $116,028 | $133,681 | $138,348 |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesOnlineProfessional | Professional | 96 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 89 | $25,500 | $60,438 | $70,154 | $69,303 |
| Education, OtherOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 82 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 79 | $26,588 | $39,701 | $75,382 | $63,560 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's | Master's | 72 | $107,199 | $111,506 | Withheld | $127,347 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 56 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $61,296 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 49 | $27,000 | $50,707 | Withheld | $47,382 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 48 | Withheld | $111,570 | $125,011 | $103,485 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 46 | $25,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $57,214 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 45 | $23,250 | Withheld | $93,584 | $76,194 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 39 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $50,706 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | $26,870 | $43,678 | Withheld | $55,000 |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 32 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $82,686 |
| InsuranceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | $89,343 | $88,472 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's | Master's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $71,685 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $58,928 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesMaster's | Master's | 24 | $35,132 | $54,880 | Withheld | $60,111 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $92,374 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $61,027 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 22 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,293 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $25,000 | $34,911 | Withheld | $48,240 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Butler University cost?
$36,041 a year is the average net price at Butler University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $47,560, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $65,970. Families earning under $30,000 pay $25,278 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Butler University?
85% of applicants are admitted to Butler University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,274 and the middle ACT score is 28. The median admission rate of colleges in Indiana is 80%.
How much do Butler University graduates earn?
$77,235 a year is the median pay of former Butler University students who work, 10 years after they started ($61,627 after 6 years). That ranks 235 of 5,094 US colleges and 4 of 126 in Indiana. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Professional) at $116,028.
How much student debt do Butler University graduates have?
$26,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Butler University graduates, about $276 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 43% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Butler University?
80% of first-time, full-time students at Butler University finish within 6 years. 87% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Butler University?
Finance and Financial Management Services (102 bachelor's graduates), Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (100 professional graduates), Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (96 professional graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 96 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.