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Business, Management & Marketing at Purdue University-Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a school for Business, Management & Marketing, consider the program at Purdue University-Main Campus. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue University-Main Campus is in West Lafayette, IN.

Online & Distance Learning at Purdue University-Main Campus

Distance learning is available at Purdue University-Main Campus. Among 58,658 students, 4,902 (8%) studied exclusively online and 16,751 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Business, Management & Marketing Rankings at Purdue University-Main Campus

Use these rankings to compare Purdue University-Main Campus’s Business, Management & Marketing program to other colleges that offer this major.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Indiana	#3 of 45
Best Schools (Quality)	Great Lakes (Region)	#8 of 330
Best Value	Indiana	#13 of 45
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#51 of 2,339
Best Value	Great Lakes (Region)	#106 of 327
Best Value	Nationwide	#777 of 2,315

Doctoral-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Indiana	#3 of 45
Best Schools (Quality)	Great Lakes (Region)	#8 of 330
Best Value	Indiana	#13 of 45
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#51 of 2,339
Best Value	Great Lakes (Region)	#106 of 327
Best Value	Nationwide	#777 of 2,315

Earnings for Business, Management & Marketing Graduates from Purdue University-Main Campus

Those who finish Purdue University-Main Campus’s Business, Management & Marketing program report the following median earnings (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$64,904
2 years	$62,218
3 years	$74,289
4 years	$81,174
5 years	$87,020

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years out, Business, Management & Marketing graduates from Purdue University-Main Campus take home a median $81,174, compared with $79,539 for all Purdue University-Main Campus graduates — about 2% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Typical debt at graduation for Business, Management & Marketing graduates from Purdue University-Main Campus is $19,674.

Highest-Paying Careers for Business, Management & Marketing Graduates

Students who finish Business, Management & Marketing program at Purdue University-Main Campus pursue many career paths. Below are the highest-paying careers for Business, Management & Marketing graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Loss Prevention Managers	$165,723
Geothermal Production Managers	$160,381
Chief Executives	$138,534
Security Management Specialists	$128,654
Financial Risk Specialists	$127,364
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$124,518
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property	$118,242
Compliance Managers	$117,178
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$113,637
Online Merchants	$106,971

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.