by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Purdue University - Main Campus was awarded 125 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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Purdue landed the #65 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
Purdue is also ranked #3 out of 41 schools in Indiana.
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Purdue University - Main Campus has an acceptance rate of 53%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Purdue.
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.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Purdue University - Main Campus, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Purdue University - Main Campus is 97%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Purdue University - Main Campus has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Purdue the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 60%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 35,706 undergraduates at Purdue with 33,575 being full-time and 2,131 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,478 | $6,643 | $10,078 | $18,106 | $21,168 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Purdue, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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.
The student loan default rate at Purdue is 1.0%. 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.
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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: | https://www.purdue.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 827 | $57,106 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 648 | $80,374 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 539 | $71,989 |
| Computer Science | 532 | $94,786 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 445 | $41,409 |
| Electrical Engineering | 387 | $84,300 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 334 | $70,903 |
| Industrial Engineering | 331 | $81,379 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 320 | $31,172 |
| Mechanical Engineering Technology | 310 | $67,093 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 17,831 students took at least one online class at Purdue University - Main Campus. This is a decrease from the 23,662 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 17,831 | 4,437 |
| 2021-2022 | 23,662 | 4,423 |
| 2020-2021 | 38,274 | 8,309 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,238 | 2,597 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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