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Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. The location of Purdue is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

457 Undergraduate Degrees
363 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

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
With an acceptance rate of 53%, Purdue does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

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
29% 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

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 Purdue, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $9,125 a year. That adds up to $36,500 over four years for those students.

Purdue University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

33,575 Full-Time Undergraduates
42% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 35,706 undergraduate students at Purdue, with 33,575 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.

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There are also 10,949 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 33,575 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 3,500
Black or African American 865
Hispanic or Latino 2,011
White 21,255
International Students 4,054
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,890

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.

Purdue University - Main Campus Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 162 0 14 24 200
General Public Health 48 0 97 0 145
Pharmacy 0 0 0 144 144
Speech Pathology & Audiology 102 0 24 9 135
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 60 0 1 4 65
Dietetics/Dietitian 46 0 0 0 46
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 0 0 2 20 22
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 11 0 4 5 20
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 18 0 0 0 18
General Health & Wellness 9 0 0 0 9
Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 3 4 7
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 0 3 0 0 3
Health/Medical Physics 1 1 1 0 3
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 0 2 0 0 2
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 1 0 0 1
Athletic Training 0 0 0 0 0
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0 0
Health Care Management 0 0 0 0 0
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 0 0 0 0 0
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 0 0 0 0 0
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 0 0
Nursing Science 0 0 0 0 0
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 0 0 0 0 0
Environmental Health 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 457 7 146 210 820

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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