Purdue University-Main Campus

  • Details

  • 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 Completion
    4 Year
    64.4%
    6 Year
    83.1%
    8 Year
    83.9%
  • 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+
  • 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
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