Purdue University – Main Campus: Ranking & Review

West Lafayette Rank	Rank	World Rank
1	13	18 Top 1%

Purdue University - Main Campus Acceptance rate and Admissions statistics

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	57%	52%	67%
Applicants	49,354	30,363	18,991
Admissions	28,363	15,708	12,655
Enrolled undergraduates	7,728	4,343	3,385
Enrolled total (including graduate students)	42,699	24,559	18,140

7,841 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

2,494 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Application fee for undergraduates - $60. Application fee for graduates - $60.

Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school rank	Recommended
Secondary school record	Required
Completion of the college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Admission test scores	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	Neither required nor recommended

Number of students submitting SAT scores	5,367
Percent of students submitting SAT scores	69%
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	620
Math	645

Number of students submitting ACT scores	4,596
Percent of students submitting ACT scores	59%
ACT Composite	28
ACT English	28
ACT Math	29

Total cost for students living	In-state	Out-of-state
On-campus	$22,812	$41,614
Off-campus	$21,612	$40,414
The total cost includes tuition and fees, books, supplies, on-campus room and board payment of $10,030 and other expenses per full academic year.

Purdue University - Main Campus provides on-campus housing with total dormitory capacity of 12,979 students.

Average Tuition and fees for academic year programs
	In-state	Out-of-state
Tuition for Full-time undergraduates	$9,208	$28,010
Fees for full-time undergraduates	$784	$784
Per credit hour charge for part-time undergraduates	$348	$948
Tuition for Full-time graduates	$9,208	$28,010
Fees for full-time graduates	$784	$784
Per credit hour charge for part-time graduates	$348	$948

Programs	Associate's degree	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral	Total
Engineering		1,685	679	291	2,655
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	393	1,259	370	15	2,037
Health Professions and Related Programs	30	429	81	268	808
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-related Fields	13	538	126	25	702
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	1	443	140	28	612
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences	14	460	83	47	604
Education	26	247	211	21	505
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs		149	213	10	372
Social Sciences	1	310	35	22	368
Mathematics and Statistics		260	28	22	310
Biological and Biomedical Sciences		224	26	54	304
Physical Sciences		136	20	94	250
Psychology		168	12	9	189
Visual and Performing Arts	2	154	16		172
Family and Consumer Sciences & Human Sciences		123	8	7	138
Transportation and Materials Moving		75	36		111
Natural Resources and Conservation		88	10	8	106
English Language and Literature & Letters		55	19	30	104
Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies		88			88
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics		41	25	14	80
Multi & Interdisciplinary Studies		40	4	8	52
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	48				48
History		33	4	5	42
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies		16	4	5	25
Philosophy and Religious Studies		9	1	9	19
Architecture and Related Services		15			15
Mechanic and Repair Technologies & Technicians
Grand Total	528	7,045	2,151	992	10,716

A total of 7,573 2-year associate's and 4-year bachelor's degrees conferred across undergraduate programs at Purdue University - Main Campus.

At the master's and doctor's level 3,143 degrees were conferred in the graduate programs.

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	78%	76%	81%
Full-time retention rate - 91% Part-time retention rate - 47%

Alternative names	Purdue-West Lafayette PU Purdue-WL Purdue
Founded	1869
Motto	Education, Research, Service
Religious affiliation	Not applicable
Colors	old gold, black
Academic Calendar	Semester
Total FTE staff	10,489
Instructional FTE	2,092
Research FTE	476
Public Service FTE	205
Sector of institution	Public, 4-year or above
Control of institution	Public
Carnegie Classification	Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Official Website	purdue.edu
Address	Hovde Hall of Administration West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2040 United States
Urbanization level	City: Small
City population	10,000 - 50,000
Phone	7654944600
Fax	+1 (765) 494 0544

Rank 🏆	University name	Country & City	Acceptance rate Acc. rate
5	Cornell University	Ithaca	13%
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle	46%
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	7%
8	University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	16%
9	Yale University	New Haven	7%
10	Princeton University	Princeton	6%
11	Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus	University Park	50%
12	University of California - Irvine	Irvine	37%
13	Purdue University - Main Campus	West Lafayette	57%
14	Duke University	Durham	10%
15	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	22%
16	Texas A & M University - College Station	College Station	71%
17	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	27%
18	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	45%
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Madison	54%
20	Indiana University - Bloomington	Bloomington	76%
21	New York University	New York	28%