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Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

1,007 Undergraduate Degrees
162 Graduate Degrees
$33,226 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
53% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Purdue University - Main Campus?

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Contact details for Purdue are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Hovde Hall Of Administration, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040
Phone: 765-494-4600
Website: www.purdue.edu

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How Do I Get Into Purdue?

You can apply to Purdue online at: https://www.admissions.purdue.edu/apply/apply.php

Admission Requirements for Purdue

Submission Required?
High School GPA 3
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 1
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Purdue?

53% Acceptance Rate
47% Of Accepted Are Women
67% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Purdue is 53%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 46%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 67% of students accepted to Purdue submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 710. Math scores were between 600 and 760.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Purdue University - Main Campus  ( 600 to 710 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Purdue University - Main Campus  ( 600 to 760 )
200
800
Purdue received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Purdue University - Main Campus  ( 25 to 35 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Purdue University - Main Campus  ( 27 to 34 )
1
36

Can I Afford Purdue University - Main Campus?

$33,226 Net Price
30% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Purdue is $33,226. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Purdue, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $8,989 a year. That adds up to $35,956 over four years for those students.

Purdue University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

35,878 Full-Time Undergraduates
42% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 37,806 undergraduate students at Purdue, with 35,878 being full-time and 1,928 being part-time.

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There are also 12,538 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 35,878 full-time undergraduates at Purdue, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University - Main Campus students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4,207
Black or African American 888
Hispanic or Latino 2,236
White 22,424
International Students 4,007
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,116

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Purdue University - Main Campus. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 135 countries are represented at Purdue. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Purdue University - Main Campus

4,437 Took All Classes Online
17,831 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 17,831 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purdue has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 7th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Purdue University - Main Campus Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 2 439 0 62 29 532
Information Technology 74 259 0 37 0 370
Computer Graphics 0 233 0 18 0 251
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 7 0 0 7
General Information Science 0 0 7 0 0 7
Information Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
Artificial Intelligence 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computer & IS Security 0 0 0 0 0 0
Information Technology Project Management 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 76 931 16 117 29 1,169

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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