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In every category, IUP is OUT IN FRONT!

IUP draws its 14,000 enrollment from nearly every state and scores of countries throughout the world. With three campuses—Indiana, Kittanning and Punxsutawney—IUP is the largest of the 14 universities in the State System of Higher Education and the only one that grants doctoral degrees.

Since its founding, IUP has served more than 94,000 students at its three campuses. IUP has more than 83,000 living alumni; 55,000 of these graduates are Pennsylvania residents.

With its original building from 1875 still standing at the heart of the campus, IUP has a long tradition of academic excellence. The university was founded in 1875 as a Normal School with 225 students and became a State Teachers’ College in 1927, when enrollment reached 3,000. By 1960, that number had doubled, making the institution the fifth largest institution of higher education in the state. The university changed its name again that year to Indiana State College.

Indiana State College achieved university status in 1965, after which enrollment continued to grow rapidly. Current enrollment exceeds 13,000, with approximately 1,600 in graduate programs.

Between 500 and 600 international students, representing more than 70 countries, are part of the IUP community in graduate and undergraduate classes as well as the American Language Institute (teaching English as a second language) and in practical training programs. In return, close to 500 IUP students with America as their country of origin take advantage of studying abroad in one of the 135 different universities worldwide where IUP has recognized exchanges, including student teaching exchanges.