We get results
Data don’t lie—our students are successful. We’ve summed up student assessment data and other facts and figures on this page so you can see just what you can expect from our program.
B.S. program information as of 2024
3.2average GPA at graduation, for 2023-24 academic year
41%of Fall 2024 graduates earned a dual degree
93%of Fall 2024 students are full-time
28%of Fall 2024 students are from out of state
81%of Fall 2024 students are female
17%of FIS students are Honor's students
15%of students have an average grade of A– or better
262full-time students currently in the FIS program
M.S. Thesis program information as of 2024
3.9average GPA at graduation, Fall 2019–Summer 2024
8average class size, Fall 2019–Summer 2024
100%of graduates employed in a forensic lab or attending graduate or professional school 2019–24
4full-time students in the MS Thesis FIS program
B.S. student internships and employment
Internships
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Defense Forensic Science Center (DFRC)
- Indiana State Police (ISP)
- Indiana State Police Laboratory Division
- Indianapolis–Marion County Forensic Services Agency (IMCFSA)
- Marion County Prosecutor’s Office
- Marion County Coroner’s Office
- Evansville Police Department
- Evansville Police Crime Scene Unit
- Dubois County Sheriff’s Office
- Lake County Sheriff’s Department
- Maryland State Police Crime Laboratory
- Washington State Patrol
- Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (“The Body Farm”)
- Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, D.C.)
- Santa Clara County Department of Criminalistics
- Kentucky State Police Crime Laboratory
- Johnson County Corrections (Indiana)
- IU Police Department
- The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE)
- Mishawaka Police Department (Indiana)
Employment
This is a sampling of some of the places our undergraduates are employed:
- Advanced Testing Labs (Indiana)
- Axis Forensic Toxicology (Indiana)
- Bode Cellmark Forensics (Virginia)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, Maryland)
- Dupage County Forensic Science Center (Illinois)
- Eli Lilly and Company (Indiana)
- FBI (Washington, D.C.)
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement (Florida)
- Fort Wayne Police Department (Indiana)
- Miami Vally Regional Crime Laboratory (Ohio)
- PepsiCo
- Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office (California)
- Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas)
- United States Drug Testing Laboratory (Illinois)
M.S. student employment
- Indiana State Police Laboratory (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Indiana State Department of Toxicology (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Texas Department of Public Safety (Austin, Texas)
- Colorado Bureau of Investigation (Denver, Colorado)
- Colorado Toxicology Lab (Denver, Colorado)
- Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Washington State Patrol Forensic Science Laboratory (Seattle, Washington)
- Sun King Brewery (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Defense Forensic Science Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Marion County Forensic Services Agency (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Bexar County Criminal Investigation Laboratory (San Antonio, Texas)
- AXIS Forensic Toxicology (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Rhode Island Department of Health (Providence, Rhode Island)
M.S. student thesis titles
The Detection and Identification of Explosives by Canines and Chemical Instrumentation
Utilization of blow flies (Phormia regina) as vertebrate resource diversity indicators
Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive and Paper Spray-Mass Spectrometry for the Recovery and Detection of Drugs of Abuse
Electrochemical characterization of common cutting agents found in illicit drugs
Screening and quantitation of volatiles from explosive initiators and plastic bonded explosives (PBX)
Using Phormia regina as a Sensor for the Transportation and Fate of Insensitive Munitions in the Environment
Characterization of SSR's in Phormia regina
Student assessment data
| Status | Undergraduates (N=16) | Graduates (N=3) |
|---|---|---|
| Working in forensics | 25% | 66% |
| Working in a nonforensics field | 6% | 0% |
| Graduate/professional school | 37.5% | 33% |
| Seeking employment | 31.5% | 0% |
Student retention rates
| Fall to Fall Student Retention | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| BS in FIS Program | 80% | 76.5% | 76.8% | 85.1% | 88.3% |
Number of Student Graduates
| Programs | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
| FEPAC Programs | |||
| BS in Forensic and Investigative Sciences Graduates | 38 | 30 | 28 |
| MS in Forensic and Investigative Sciences Graduates | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Other Programs | |||
| MS in Forensic and Investigative Sciences (nonthesis) Graduates | 9 | 7 | 10 |