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Purdue University Fort Wayne is a public institution situated in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

$27,159 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
83% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Purdue University Fort Wayne?

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Contact details for PFW are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
Phone: 260-481-4739
Website: www.pfw.edu

How Do I Get Into PFW?

You can apply to PFW online at: www.pfw.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for PFW

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into PFW?

83% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
63% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 83%, PFW may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 63% of students accepted to PFW submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Purdue University Fort Wayne  ( 500 to 610 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Purdue University Fort Wayne  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800
PFW received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

ACT English Scores for Purdue University Fort Wayne  ( 19 to 25 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Purdue University Fort Wayne  ( 18 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Purdue University Fort Wayne  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford Purdue University Fort Wayne?

$27,159 Net Price
42% Take Out Loans
2.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of PFW is $27,159. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At PFW, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,158 a year. That adds up to $20,632 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PFW is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Purdue University Fort Wayne Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,752 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 7,768 undergraduate students at PFW, with 4,752 being full-time and 3,016 being part-time.

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There are also 530 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,752 full-time undergraduates at PFW, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University Fort Wayne students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 241
Black or African American 306
Hispanic or Latino 441
White 3,390
International Students 147
Other Races/Ethnicities 227

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Purdue University Fort Wayne. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Purdue University Fort Wayne

652 Took All Classes Online
3,560 Took At Least One Class Online
11.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,560 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 4th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of PFW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Purdue University Fort Wayne was 11.8%. This is the #1,172 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PFW regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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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