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Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN · Public · 44,503 students · mostly bachelor degrees
22nd-cheapest of 96 Indiana colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$14,600
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,591
Graduation rate
83%
Admission rate
50%
Median graduate earnings
$72,424
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,500
Average SAT
1364
Median ACT
30
Pell grant recipients
13%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
349 programsFarm/Farm and Ranch Management · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$155,217Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree560 grads/yr$146,685Engineering, Other · Master's Degree97 grads/yr$140,404Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree35 grads/yr$140,205Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree211 grads/yr$137,523Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree144 grads/yr$135,033Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree219 grads/yr$133,021Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree189 grads/yr$132,747Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree174 grads/yr$131,275Veterinary Medicine · First Professional Degree80 grads/yr$123,596Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$122,295Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree319 grads/yr$121,462Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew · Master's Degree63 grads/yr$120,421Education, General · Doctoral Degree28 grads/yr$118,149Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree52 grads/yr$115,831Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$113,241Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Master's Degree35 grads/yr$110,606Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Doctoral Degree26 grads/yr$109,910Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$107,557Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree269 grads/yr$107,031General Studies · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma51 grads/yr$105,733Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree174 grads/yr$105,396Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree147 grads/yr$104,514Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree205 grads/yr$104,047Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree478 grads/yr$102,572
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.