Earn an Advanced Degree as an Hutton Honors Student
If you arrived as a first-year student with 30 or more college credits (or even if you didn't), IU Bloomington's various "accelerated masters" programs allow you to move seamlessly from completing your undergraduate degree to starting your graduate studies. Your second degree does not have to be in the same subject, or even the same school, as your first one. Recent combinations include B.S. Biology (College of Arts + Sciences) or B.S. International Law and Institutions (Hamilton Lugar School) followed by M.S. Information Systems (Kelley School of Business); B. A. Cognitive Science (College of Arts + Sciences) followed by the M.S. Human-Computer Interaction (Luddy School); B.A. History (College) + M.S. Secondary Education (School of Education). Many programs have special admissions and scholarship opportunities for Hutton students.
IU Bloomington offers almost 40 distinct Accelerated Masters Programs (IU AMP) tailored to students who have earned enough credits to complete their undergraduate degree in 3 or 3.5 years and who then start taking graduate-level courses in their "senior" year. If you arrive with 16 or more college credits and take a full courseload every semester, you could well be on your way to finishing both a bachelor's and a master's degree in just five years! Some programs are open to students from many different undergraduate areas of study; others require a specific major. Check out the full list and contact relevant schools or departments for more information.
Hutton students who apply to Masters programs (one- and two-year options) at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs are eligible for application-fee waivers and 25% discount on tuition, as well as additional forms of financial support. O'Neill's graduate programs are consistently ranked as among the very best in the country! More information here.
If you matriculated at IU with sufficient AP or other advanced-standing credit, you may be able to earn a B.A. degree and a J.D. degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in six years, rather than the usual seven. If eligible, you will apply for admission to study in the law school’s J.D. program during your third undergraduate year and must have taken the LSAT exam prior to submitting your admission application. You must fulfill all the criteria for admission into the Maurer School of Law, and admission to the J.D. program will follow the Law School’s usual admission procedures (including character and fitness requirements). In recent years, the median undergraduate GPA for Maurer's entering class was a 3.72 and the median LSAT was at the 85th percentile.
If you were awarded a Dean's, Provost's, or IU Global Engagement Scholarship at the start of your IU studies, you are eligible to apply for the Pathways Scholarship Program. Pathways Scholarships allow students to use their fourth year of undergraduate scholarship money toward their first year at Maurer Law.
If you were awarded a Dean's, Provost's, or IU Global Engagement Scholarship at the start of your IU studies, you are eligible to apply for the Pathways Scholarship Program. Pathways Scholarships allow students to use their fourth year of undergraduate scholarship money toward their first year at Maurer Law.
Students in the Kelley School of Business's five-year doctoral program receive highly competitive stipends and do not pay tuition. Admission is based on undergraduate performance (minimum GPA 3.40), standardized test scores, personal statement, letters of recommendation, and "fit" with Kelley faculty. Kelley offers Ph.D.s in ten fields. More information here.
Annual scholarships renewable for four years and awarded through the Office of Enrollment Management may be applied to graduate degrees if you finish your undergraduate degree in less than four years. Details here.