Media School welcomes 348 new students
The Media School is welcoming 320 new undergraduate students and 28 new graduate students for the fall semester.
Undergraduate students
Of the 320 incoming undergraduate students, 75 are direct admits, and 245 are standard admits.
Majors
| Game design | 10% |
| Journalism | 28% |
| Media | 62% |
The class comes from 23 states and seven countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
Residency
| In-state | 60% |
| Out-of-state | 40% |
Gender
| Female | 56% |
| Male | 44% |
An average incoming Media School freshman has a 3.64 high school GPA and a 1256 SAT score. The class includes 18 first-generation students.
Honors program membership
| Ernie Pyle Scholars | 15 |
| Media Scholars | 17 |
| Hutton Honors College | 15 |
| Hudson and Holland Scholars | 9 |
| 21st Century Scholars | 32 |
Graduate students
The majority of The Media School’s 28 new graduate students are pursuing master’s degrees.
Programs
| M.A. in Media Arts and Sciences | 9 |
| M.S. in Media | 13 |
| Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences | 6 |
The students have a wide range of academic backgrounds, holding degrees in anthropology, zoology, business, studio art, criminal justice, political science, law, literature, music education and more.
Undergraduate institutions include IU Bloomington and schools as close as IUPUI and the University of Indianapolis, as well as schools as far as Texas Tech University and the University of Arizona, and even international schools including the University of Delhi and National Taiwan University.
The incoming graduate students are from China, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and the U.S.
Gender
| Female | 57% |
| Male | 43% |
Note: The numbers reported are from unofficial, pre-census data.
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