Information Technology at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In 2021, 213 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Information Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in IT (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

Purdue Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	6
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	7
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
	15
	17
Best Information Technology Schools	21
	22
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	23
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	30
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	42
	60
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	87
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value Information Technology Schools	119
Most Focused Information Technology Basic Certificate Schools	120
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	214
Most Focused Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	278
Most Popular Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	278

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in IT from Purdue. This makes it the #41 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

IT Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 213 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue. Of these graduates, 87% were men and 13% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	131
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Purdue Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 36 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 53% were men and 47% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Computer Systems Analysts	9,760	$79,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers	4,860	$124,490
Computer Network Architects	3,620	$88,210
Systems Software Developers	3,610	$90,850

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.