Butler Stats
Our Mission
Butler's mission is to provide the highest quality of liberal and professional education and to integrate the liberal arts with professional education, by creating and fostering a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.
Our Students
4,640 students
4,051 undergraduates
112 transfer students
46% from out of state/out of country (46 states and 50 foreign
countries)
2010 First-year Class Profile (Middle 50%)
GPA: 3.51-4.0 (on a 4.0 scale)
SAT: 1580-1900
Critical Reading:
520-630
Math:
540-650
Writing:
520-620
ACT: 25-30
50% in the top 10% of their graduating class
Our Faculty
Full-time faculty: 339
Teaching assistants: 0
Student-Faculty Ratio
11:1 with an average university-wide class size of 20
Retention Rate
89% of first-year students re-enrolled for sophomore year in 2010 (well above the national average)
Undergraduate Studies
Six
colleges
More than 60 programs of study
Post-Graduate Placement Rate
93% of Butler students have a full-time job, volunteer/service corps position or are enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation. For PharmD and PA program graduates, the rate is 97% and for College of Education graduates the placement rate is 99%.
2011-2012 Costs
For first-year students (in-state and out-of-state):
Tuition: $31,110
Room and board: $10,330
Fees: $838
Our Campus and Location
The Butler University campus is 290 acres in a residential neighborhood of Indianapolis, the 12th largest city in the U.S. Our campus is hailed as one of the most attractive in the Midwest for our park-like setting.
Athletics
19 NCAA Division I sports
13 Club sports
14 Intramural sports
Rankings and Recognitions
- Ranked 2nd best university in the Regional Universities Midwest category of the 2011 and 2012 U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges. This same publication ranked Butler as the No. 1 "Up-and-Coming" institution among Regional Universities Midwest, and one of 68 nationwide.
- Named a "Best in the Midwest" college by the Princeton Review.
- Butler's part-time MBA program was ranked 8th in the Midwest and 36th in the nation by BusinessWeek magazine.
- Butler's dance program is one of the top five programs in the country.
- North American Pharmacy Licensing Exam ranks Butler in the top three schools nationally.
