Purdue University-Main Campus

  • Details

  • Attendance

    • Admissions Rate 67.15%
    • Average SAT Scores 1315
    • Four Year Completion Rate 59.7% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
    • Six Year Completion Rate 82.81% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
    • Eight Year Completion Rate 82.16% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
  • Costs

    • Yearly Costs: $22,645.00 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: $28,794.00 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
    • In State Tuition: $9,992.00 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
    • Median Debt Total: $15,162.00 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: $19,500.00 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Median Debt for Withdrawals: $8,231.00 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Net Price Quintile 1 $5,995.00 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 $5,853.00 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 $8,450.00 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 $17,124.00 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 $20,859.00 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 $54,717.00 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 No data 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 $58,904.00 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 No data 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 $65,257.00 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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Name Credential Debt Mean Debt Median Earnings
Animal Sciences Bachelor's Degree $36,521.00 $30,023.00 $32,152.00
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $32,102.00
Forestry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $35,961.00
Computer and Information Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree No data $29,263.00 $67,558.00
Agricultural Production Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data $48,121.00
Food Science and Technology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $61,329.00
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Special Education and Teaching Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,276.00
Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $63,560.00
Physics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Agriculture, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor's Degree $23,078.00 No data $51,820.00
Agricultural Public Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Bachelor's Degree No data No data $38,513.00
Computer Science Bachelor's Degree No data $36,376.00 $81,749.00
Education, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Bachelor's Degree $42,008.00 $36,151.00 $41,716.00
Biomedical/Medical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $62,226.00
Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $46,392.00 $76,843.00
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $62,853.00
Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree $51,562.00 $26,878.00 $70,780.00
Agricultural Business and Management Bachelor's Degree $35,697.00 $35,022.00 $49,121.00
Soil Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Landscape Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Bachelor's Degree $30,021.00 $25,340.00 $39,172.00
Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $66,084.00
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $53,226.00 $73,563.00
Engineering Technology, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $51,860.00
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Bachelor's Degree $34,028.00 $30,957.00 $21,754.00
Area Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Communication and Media Studies Bachelor's Degree $48,503.00 $34,210.00 $37,574.00
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $64,122.00 $62,537.00
Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $40,500.00 $75,967.00
Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $69,257.00
Engineering, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data $61,803.00
Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree No data $24,456.00 $65,987.00
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree $37,883.00 $26,523.00 $64,679.00
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 $42,920.00
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Systems Science and Theory Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Nutrition Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer Software and Media Applications Bachelor's Degree No data $30,000.00 $35,435.00
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree $43,600.00 $26,847.00 $67,788.00
Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree No data No data $57,870.00
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 No data No data $29,852.00
Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Sociology Bachelor's Degree $33,282.00 $18,612.00 $35,811.00
Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree $54,752.00 $41,987.00 $48,103.00
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Bachelor's Degree $53,577.00 $39,019.00 $73,421.00
Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $63,891.00
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree $42,089.00 No data $61,758.00
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 $49,996.00
Neurobiology and Neurosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Statistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $68,741.00
Biological and Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Classical and Ancient Studies 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 $27,910.00
Economics Bachelor's Degree $47,678.00 No data $51,724.00
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $42,612.00
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration Bachelor's Degree $42,227.00 No data $35,132.00
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 $33,209.00 $23,928.00 $29,025.00
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $27,686.00
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Bachelor's Degree $42,026.00 No data $44,361.00
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $22,695.00
Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Mathematics and Computer Science Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Health and Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor's Degree No data $33,700.00 $26,959.00
Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $33,505.00
Political Science and Government Bachelor's Degree $50,821.00 $30,402.00 $34,214.00
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Bachelor's Degree No data No data $25,002.00
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Public Health Bachelor's Degree No data No data $29,968.00
Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor's Degree $40,638.00 $28,383.00 $41,273.00
Marketing Bachelor's Degree $45,738.00 $23,856.00 $58,334.00
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biology, General Bachelor's Degree $37,560.00 $28,679.00 $31,579.00
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Genetics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,698.00
Mathematics Bachelor's Degree $63,284.00 No data $43,681.00
Medieval and Renaissance 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 $31,000.00 $40,760.00
Design and Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree No data $30,644.00 $42,205.00
Film/Video and Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data $32,369.00
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Bachelor's Degree No data $23,654.00 $22,567.00
History Bachelor's Degree No data No data $24,015.00
Research and Experimental Psychology Bachelor's Degree $38,246.00 $28,264.00 $28,965.00
Anthropology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $20,032.00
Fine and Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data $20,657.00
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $38,807.00
Accounting and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $29,421.00 $25,880.00 $56,777.00
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Bachelor's Degree No data No data $69,207.00
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data $34,109.00
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Bachelor's Degree $33,213.00 $27,116.00 $57,612.00
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other Bachelor's Degree $37,987.00 $33,173.00 $31,764.00
Business Administration, Management and Operations Bachelor's Degree $49,584.00 $39,150.00 $52,702.00
Finance and Financial Management Services Bachelor's Degree $47,653.00 $38,910.00 $53,751.00
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations Bachelor's Degree $40,550.00 $33,027.00 $56,811.00