Managing Costs

IU Bloomington is working with students to manage their costs and minimize their debt

IU is committed to helping students manage their costs. We’ve taken steps to increase scholarships and help students make good decisions about money, reduce their loan amounts, and graduate in four years.

You can do things to manage your costs, too—like watching your expenses, maximizing the number of courses you take under the flat-fee tuition rate, and making smart decisions about your loans.

#4among U.S. flagship universities with lowest tuition increases since 2008, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018

Record growthin number of students receiving Pell, 21st Century, and Hudson & Holland funds, OEM Bicentennial Plan, 2015–2018

MoneySmarts

Learn how to make smart financial decisions through:

An online financial literacy course, required for new students
Tips and interactive lessons
Podcasts
Calculators that estimate your budget and loan payments
Advice from junior and senior economics majors

Test your money smarts

More ways IU helps you manage costs

Awards advanced placement, credit, and exemptions for test results and college courses you completed in high school, so you can more easily complete a second major, a minor, or a certificate and graduate in eight semesters
Minimized tuition increases—recent ones are the lowest in nearly 50 years
Nearly doubled the amount of scholarships and grants for undergraduates on all IU campuses from 2008–09 to 2013–14
Increased the number of credit hours covered by the flat-fee tuition rate, so you can take up to six 3 credit hour courses per semester
Opened the Office of Completion and Student Success to improve students’ four- and six-year graduation rates
Began mailing an annual debt letter telling students how much they’ve borrowed and what their expected loan payments will be
Created three 1 credit hour courses on personal financial management skills

Managing Costs

IU Bloomington is working with students to manage their costs and minimize their debt

MoneySmarts

More ways IU helps you manage costs

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