Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 796 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Purdue Engineering Rankings

There were 365 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 796 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	304
International Students	388
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Purdue University - Main Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Purdue University - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	187
Electrical Engineering	176
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	173
Civil Engineering	116
Industrial Engineering	105
General Engineering	96
Chemical Engineering	72
Other Engineering	55
Materials Engineering	53
Agricultural Engineering	53
Biomedical Engineering	51
Environmental Engineering	20
Nuclear Engineering	15

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Industrial Engineers	10,820	$74,430
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Mechanical Engineers	7,770	$82,510
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Cost Estimators	4,360	$65,790

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.