Indiana State University

Indiana State University is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana, founded in 1865 as Indiana State Normal School to train teachers for the state. It later became Indiana State Teachers College and Indiana State College and took its present name in 1965 as professional and graduate programs expanded. The campus occupies about 200 acres near downtown Terre Haute, along the Wabash River in west-central Indiana.

Academic units include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Bayh College of Education, the Scott College of Business, the College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Technology, with graduate administration through a dedicated graduate school. The institution is identified with teacher education, nursing and allied health, criminology, aviation technology, and applied science. Clinics, technology laboratories, and Cunningham Memorial Library serve graduate research and professional practice.

Enrollment is about 8,000 students, with graduate students a modest fraction of the total. International enrollment is limited relative to large research universities. Faculty number in the hundreds. Basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Sycamores before the NBA, is the best-known alumnus; many other graduates work in Indiana schools, hospitals, and public agencies.

Doctoral study exists in a few education and professional fields, alongside master's degrees that mix coursework, internships, and supervised research on a semester calendar. Assistantships are the typical funding route. Terre Haute is a small industrial city; Indianapolis is about 70 miles east.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Indiana State University lists 1 doctoral program, in psychology.