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Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution. West Lafayette is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

2,266 Master's Degrees
1,065 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Purdue University - Main Campus?

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Contact details for Purdue are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Hovde Hall Of Administration, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040
Phone: 765-494-4600
Website: www.purdue.edu

Purdue University - Main Campus Graduate Student Diversity

12,538 Graduate Students
43% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,538 graduate students at Purdue, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University - Main Campus graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 811
Black or African American 425
Hispanic or Latino 656
White 5,241
International Students 4,790
Other Races/Ethnicities 615

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Purdue University - Main Campus. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 135 countries are represented at Purdue. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Purdue University - Main Campus

4,437 Took All Classes Online
17,831 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 17,831 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purdue has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 21st most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Purdue majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 30%
Business, Management & Marketing 2%
Computer & Information Sciences 6%
Engineering 7%
English Language & Literature 16%
Health Professions 4%
Mathematics & Statistics 3%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 64%
Social Sciences 4%
Transportation & Materials Moving 10%

Purdue University - Main Campus Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Communication & Media Studies 91 194 9 294
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 201 40 241
Mechanical Engineering 3 144 71 218
Business Administration & Management 9 171 8 188
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 1 186 0 187
Electrical Engineering 0 99 85 184
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 3 171 174
Curriculum & Instruction 6 131 18 155
General Education 8 110 22 140
General Engineering 0 92 0 92
Computer Science 0 62 29 91
Air Transportation 28 60 0 88
Civil Engineering 0 52 32 84
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 78 78
Public Health 0 73 0 73
Economics 15 47 11 73
Industrial Engineering 0 48 21 69
Chemistry 0 12 49 61
Other Engineering 5 44 9 58
Chemical Engineering 0 26 29 55
Statistics 10 31 13 54
Computer Information Systems 7 37 0 44
Biomedical Engineering 0 21 22 43
Communication Sciences 0 27 16 43
Nursing 4 15 22 41
Materials Engineering 0 11 29 40
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 33 5 38
Architectural Engineering Technology 6 30 0 36
Mathematics 0 7 28 35
Child Development & Psychology 7 17 11 35
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 22 12 34
General English Literature 1 11 22 34
General Biology 0 9 22 31
Engineering-Related Fields 0 2 29 31
Agricultural Engineering 0 21 9 30
Hospitality Management 0 20 7 27
Environmental Engineering 0 14 10 24
Zoology 0 14 8 22
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 10 10 20
Physics 0 3 17 20
Computer Software & Applications 0 18 0 18
Educational Assessment 18 0 0 18
Special Education 18 0 0 18
Animal Science 0 8 8 16
Systems Theory 16 0 0 16
Forestry 0 12 4 16
Soil Sciences 0 7 8 15
General Engineering Technology 0 15 0 15
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 11 4 15
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 13 0 13
Political Science & Government 2 3 8 13
Botany/Plant Biology 0 6 5 11
Business/Corporate Communications 11 0 0 11
Sociology 0 6 5 11
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 4 6 10
Multilingual Education 10 0 0 10
Philosophy 0 2 8 10
Food Science Technology 0 4 5 9
Other Health Professions 0 4 5 9
History 0 4 5 9
Drama & Theater Arts 0 9 0 9
Agricultural Public Services 3 3 2 8
Nuclear Engineering 0 4 4 8
Information Science 7 0 0 7
Nutrition Science 0 3 4 7
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 3 3 6
General Social Sciences 6 0 0 6
Area Studies 0 4 1 5
Human Development & Family Studies 0 3 1 4
Anthropology 0 2 2 4
Plant Sciences 0 1 2 3
Biotechnology 3 0 0 3
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 3 0 3
Cultural Studies & Analysis 3 0 0 3
Entrepreneurial Studies 2 0 0 2
Computer Systems Analysis 2 0 0 2
Fine & Studio Arts 0 2 0 2
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 1 0 1
Other Military Tech & Applied Sciences 0 1 0 1
Gerontology 0 0 1 1
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 1 0 0 1
Geography & Cartography 1 0 0 1
Agricultural Mechanization 0 0 0 0
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0
General Agriculture 0 0 0 0
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 0 0 0 0
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0
Genetics 0 0 0 0
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 0 0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0
Accounting 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
General Sales & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 0
Other Education 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering 0 0 0 0
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 0
Human Sciences Business Services 0 0 0 0
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0
Classical & Ancient Studies 0 0 0 0
Data Analytics 0 0 0 0
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies 0 0 0 0
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 0 0 0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0
Fisheries Sciences 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Health & Physical Education 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 304 2,266 1,065 3,635

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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