Information Technology at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and approximately 9,363 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 students received a bachelor's degree in IT from Purdue Northwest.

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 Northwest Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Purdue Northwest Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue Northwest performed in these rankings.

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 Northwest 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
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	156
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
	190
Best Value Information Technology Schools	209
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	221
Best Information Technology Schools	270
	281

IT Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 42 IT majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest. Of these graduates, 81% were men and 19% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at Purdue Northwest 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 Northwest with a bachelor's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Purdue Northwest 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 Northwest.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.