West Lafayette, Indiana · Public · 4-year · Small city
Overview
Purdue University-Main Campus is a public four-year institution based in West Lafayette, Indiana. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 58,658 students in fall 2024, including 44,819 undergraduates and 13,839 graduate students. It is a land-grant institution. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity. It is part of Purdue University.
Purdue University-Main Campus offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 249 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 17,028 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 64 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
93% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.
Key figures
58,658
Students enrolled
93%
First-year retention
17,028
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
249
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 249
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
93%
First-year retention, part-time students
58%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
10,793
Associate degrees
78
Master's degrees
3,143
Doctoral degrees (research)
794
Professional doctorates
267
Certificates under 1 year
1,418
Postbaccalaureate certificates
530
Post-master's certificates
5
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
58,658
Undergraduates, fall 2024
44,819
Graduate students, fall 2024
13,839
Full-time, fall 2024
84%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
62,837
Undergraduates, 2024-25
47,246
Graduate students, 2024-25
15,591
Full-time, 2024-25
80%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
41%
Men
59%
White
48%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
13%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
17%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
64
Programs with a fully online option
26
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
10%
Students taking some online courses
51%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Purdue University
Carnegie classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Research designation
Research 1: Very High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Big Ten Conference
President
Mung Chiang
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization