General Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general engineering, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

Purdue General Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Purdue does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Purdue General Engineering Rankings

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 General Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 96 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from Purdue. About 66% were men and 34% were women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Purdue, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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	14
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	62
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Materials Engineering

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Engineers	2,380	$73,340

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.