Purdue University - Main Campus

Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is a large public school part of the Purdue University system and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has 32,132 undergraduate students enrolled and admission is somewhat competitive as the acceptance rate is 57.5%.

Popular majors include Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Engineering, Health Professions and Related Programs, Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, and Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences. 78% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $49,000.

More students take the SATs than the ACTs.

Purdue University - Main Campus has around 49,354 applicants.

Of the students admitted, 27% decide to enroll at Purdue University - Main Campus. This is the admissions yield. A higher admisssions yield means students want to attend the school. A lower one means that they decided to attend another school.

Out of the 49,354 applicants 62% are men and 38% are women. This means that for every 100 male applicants, there are 63 women, or for every 100 female applicants, there are 160 men.

Purdue University - Main Campus's acceptance rate is 57.5%. The acceptance rate for men is 51.7% and the acceptance rate for women is 66.6%.

The 3-year repayment rate is the percentage of students who are able to repay some of their student debt.

Why does this matter? A high rate means that students are making enough money so that they can pay down their student debt. A low rate means that students are having trouble paying down their loans.

To learn more and apply for financial aid at Purdue University - Main Campus you can visit www.purdue.edu/dfa/.

Purdue University - Main Campus students, on average, make $62,200 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 6 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 6% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Purdue University - Main Campus? There are many ways to estimate the financial return on your education.

We use the 10-year average earnings (the 10 years start when you enroll, so if you attend a 4-year college, this would be approximately 6 years after you graduate) and the all in one year cost of attending the school. The all in cost is the sum of tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

By comparing the two, you can get a sense if what the average graduate in early to mid career makes at least covers your cost of attending one year of school.

A higher number is better.

Purdue University - Main Campus has slightly more male students than female students.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 138 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 72 women.

The most popular majors at Purdue University - Main Campus are:

1. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
2. Engineering
3. Health Professions and Related Programs
4. Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields
5. Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Student retention rate is an indicator of student satisfaction. Retention rate is the percentage of students who continue to study at the college the following year.

Higher retention rates mean students tend to stay at the college, while lower retention rates students are unsatisfied and leave.

Purdue University - Main Campus has a retention rate of 91% for full-time undergrads, which is very high.

Purdue University - Main Campus has around 1,329 students who transfer into the school each year. This is fairly low at approximately 4% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Purdue University - Main Campus as better than the college they were previously enrolled in. Higher rates also mean that there will be more new faces on campus.

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