Indiana State University
200 n 7th st. (http://www.indstate.edu/). founded in 1865, indiana state university is a public university with around 10,000 students.
Unlike other cities its size, Terre Haute boasts five institutes of higher education:
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
5500 wabash ave. (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/). founded in 1874, rose-hulman institute of technology is a private college with about 2,000 students. u.s. news & world report consistently ranks it the #1 undergraduate engineering institution in the united states.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint mary-of-the-woods, in. (http://www.smwc.edu/). saint mary-of-the-woods college is a liberal arts college for women. founded in 1840 by indiana's first catholic saint saint mother theordore guerin, who is entombed on the campus, it is the nation's oldest catholic college for women.