Purdue University-Main Campus
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Details
- Name: Purdue University-Main Campus
- Location: West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 50.3%
- Average SAT Scores 1342
- Four Year Completion Rate 64.36% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 83.1% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 83.89% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year64.4%6 Year83.1%8 Year83.9% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $22,567 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $28,794 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $9,992 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $15,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $19,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $8,250 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $4,927 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $5,925 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $8,948 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $18,919 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $21,130 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $60,838 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $57,836 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $66,951 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $63,112 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $72,424 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $42,583 | $39,165 | $26,959 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Soil Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,505 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,032 |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $12,849 | No data | $48,121 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,681 |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $31,948 | $22,216 | $32,152 |
| Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $28,277 | No data | $21,754 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $45,971 | $31,162 | $37,574 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | $38,429 | $36,478 | $41,716 |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,560 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $50,811 | $35,604 | $73,421 |
| Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,891 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $29,898 | $18,328 | $49,121 |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,329 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,513 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,713 | $81,749 |
| Construction Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $34,267 | $21,812 | $67,788 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $33,931 | No data | $29,852 |
| Agricultural Mechanization | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,820 |
| Agricultural Public Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,102 |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,961 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $35,000 | $67,558 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $25,368 | $39,172 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,766 | $66,084 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $53,000 | $73,563 |
| Engineering Technology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,860 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $37,838 | $19,294 | $64,679 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,276 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,226 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $43,920 | $76,843 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,853 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $47,904 | $30,812 | $70,780 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $48,386 | $23,245 | $61,758 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,634 | $29,025 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,686 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Systems Science and Theory | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Bachelor's Degree | $44,340 | $19,383 | $35,435 |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $64,062 | $58,088 | $62,537 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,195 | $75,967 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,257 |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,803 |
| Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $30,733 | No data | $65,987 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,870 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,920 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $37,446 | $27,702 | $31,579 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Genetics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,698 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,695 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,996 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,361 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $21,086 | $68,741 |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classical and Ancient Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,760 |
| Air Transportation | Bachelor's Degree | $66,581 | $53,256 | $48,103 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,657 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $23,654 | $22,567 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,132 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $39,591 | $29,046 | $28,965 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $52,648 | No data | $51,724 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $33,299 | $30,819 | $35,811 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,807 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $46,372 | $38,910 | $53,751 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,910 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $41,651 | No data | $42,205 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,369 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,612 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $35,936 | $69,207 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $35,056 | $56,811 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,593 | $34,214 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,002 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,968 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $30,723 | $23,000 | $57,612 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $56,700 | No data | $31,764 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $54,314 | $42,036 | $52,702 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $23,381 | $56,777 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $47,128 | $33,327 | $41,273 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $35,738 | $25,740 | $58,334 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,015 |