Indiana Colleges & Universities

Bloomington, IN — Public flagship research university, est. 1820; home of the Hoosiers; Big Ten member; storied basketball program — Adolph Rupp, Bob Knight (11 Big Ten titles, 5 Final Fours, 3 national championships), Isiah Thomas; alma mater of Isiah Thomas, Steve Alford, Quinn Buckner, and Scott May; one of the most passionate basketball fan bases in America

Crawfordsville, IN — Private liberal arts college for men, est. 1832; home of the Little Giants; North Coast Athletic Conference member; one of only three remaining all-male liberal arts colleges in the United States; part of the "Monon Bell" rivalry with DePauw University — Indiana's most storied Division III football rivalry, begun in 1890; known for rigorous academics and a fierce independent spirit

Evansville, IN — Private liberal arts university, est. 1854; home of the Purple Aces; Missouri Valley Conference member; connected to Bob Griese's Evansville and Don Mattingly's hometown; tragically lost its entire 1977–78 basketball team (29 players, coaches, and staff) in a plane crash shortly after the season began — one of the most devastating disasters in American collegiate athletics; the program was rebuilt and has reached the NCAA Tournament multiple times since

Greencastle, IN — Private liberal arts university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, est. 1837; home of the Tigers; North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) member; Division III; one of the most respected small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest; strong programs in music, communications, and the humanities; located in Putnam County in west-central Indiana

Hanover, IN (Jefferson County) — Private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, est. 1827; home of the Panthers; Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference member; Indiana's oldest private college; sits on a bluff above the Ohio River in southern Indiana; Division III athletics with long tradition in football, basketball, and track

Indianapolis, IN — Private liberal arts university, est. 1855; home of the Bulldogs; Big East Conference member; achieved national fame with back-to-back NCAA Championship Game appearances (2010 and 2011) under coach Brad Stevens — one of the great underdog runs in college basketball history; Hinkle Fieldhouse was used as the filming location for the movie Hoosiers and has been designated a National Historic Landmark; alma mater of Bobby Plump, the inspiration for the film

Indianapolis, IN — Public research university (now Indiana University Indianapolis); home of the Jaguars; largest university in Indianapolis; serves the state capital and home of the Indianapolis 500; strong programs in medicine, law, engineering, and public affairs; the site of Indiana's primary medical school — the IU School of Medicine is among the largest in the nation

Indianapolis, IN — Private liberal arts university affiliated with the United Methodist Church; home of the Greyhounds; Great Midwest Athletic Conference member; NCAA Division II; strong programs in nursing, health sciences, education, and business in the heart of Indiana's capital city; hosts the Olympic Training Center during the Pan American Sports Organization sports initiatives

Muncie, IN — Public university, est. 1918; home of the Cardinals; Mid-American Conference member; alma mater of Jim Davis (creator of Garfield) — not an athlete, but Muncie's most famous cultural export; strong athletics with consistent MAC championship contention in football and basketball; served as a hub of Midwest sports culture in an era when Muncie was one of Indiana's most prominent cities

Notre Dame, IN (near South Bend) — Private Catholic research university, est. 1842; home of the Fighting Irish; one of the most iconic college football programs in America — 13 consensus national championships, 7 Heisman Trophy winners; alma mater of Paul Hornung (Pro Football HOF), Alan Page (Pro Football HOF), Tim Brown (Pro Football HOF), Joe Montana (Pro Football HOF; attended briefly), and Johnny Lujack (Heisman 1947); played in "the Game of the Century" (1946) and the "Snow Bowl" with Army; NBC holds an exclusive network deal for Notre Dame home games — unique in college football; Touchdown Jesus and the Word of Life mural are among the most recognizable images in American sports

Terre Haute, IN — Public university, est. 1865; home of the Sycamores; Missouri Valley Conference member; alma mater of Larry Bird (Basketball HOF), whose senior season (1978–79) culminated in an NCAA Championship Game appearance against Magic Johnson's Michigan State — the most-watched college basketball game in history; Bird's arrival transformed ISU basketball and put Terre Haute on the national sports map

Terre Haute, IN — Private STEM university, est. 1874; home of the Fightin' Engineers; consistently ranked the No. 1 undergraduate engineering program in the United States by U.S. News & World Report for more than two decades; Division III athletics; named for Chauncey Rose, a prominent Terre Haute industrialist and railroad financier who donated the founding endowment; shares Terre Haute with Indiana State University — home of Larry Bird

Upland, IN (Grant County) — Private Christian liberal arts university, est. 1846; home of the Trojans; Crossroads League member; one of the most respected evangelical Christian liberal arts institutions in the Midwest; strong programs in business, education, and the sciences; near Marion, Grant County, IN

Valparaiso, IN — Private Lutheran university, est. 1859; home of the Beacons; MVC member; known for its men's basketball program's dramatic 1998 NCAA Tournament run — when Bryce Drew hit a buzzer-beater to upset Ole Miss as a 13-seed in one of the most celebrated March Madness moments of all time; strong academics in law and engineering

West Lafayette, IN — Public research university, est. 1869; home of the Boilermakers; Big Ten member; alma mater of Bob Griese (Pro Football HOF) and John Wooden (Basketball HOF as player); first Big Ten school and one of the nation's top engineering and agricultural universities; 25 Purdue graduates have become astronauts — more than any other university; strong basketball and football traditions; home of the Mackey Arena crowd, "the Bucket" (IU rivalry trophy), and some of college football's most storied uniforms