Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN · Public research
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Acceptance rate
43.4%
37,881 admitted
SAT · 50th
1360
Range 1220–1470
6-yr grad
83.9%
Retention 92.4%
Undergrads
43,633
14:1 S-F
Admissions
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71.1% / 43.6%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications87,220
Overall admit rate43.4%
In-state admit rate71.1%
Out-of-state admit rate43.6%
Enrolled9,656 · 25.5% yield
Admitted from waitlist3,916 of 8,981
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsCharacter, Extracurriculars, First-gen, Recs, Test scores
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1360
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1220–1470 · 83.8% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W610670730
Math600680760
Comp122013601470
ACT
255075
Comp283234
Cost & aid
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$9,718
in-state tuition
out-of-state $28,520
Tuition (in-state)$9,718
Tuition (out-of-state)$28,520
Fees$274
Room & board$16,734
Books$1,090
Avg need-based grant$5,761
Academics
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14 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.4% retention
Student-faculty14 : 1
Retention92.4%
4-year graduation65.9%
6-year graduation83.9%
Enrollment
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43,633
undergraduates
49.9% out-of-state · 526 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates43,633
First-year9,656
Transfer1,058
Full-time93%
Female41%
Out-of-state49.9%
International (freshmen)526
Rankings
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#2
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Industrial/Manufacturing (Doctorate)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Industrial/Manufacturing (Doctorate)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical (Doctorate)#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil (Doctorate)#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Production/Operations Management#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Cybersecurity#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biological/Agricultural (Doctorate)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#826
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceBig Ten Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingIndiana colleges8
ForbesNew Public Ivy—
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://www.admissions.purdue.edu/apply/…
Admissions emailadmissions@purdue.edu
Admissions phone765-494.1776
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Illi…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Illinois Urbana IL · Public36.6%144236K
Indiana University IN · Public——37K
Michigan State University MI · Public83.2%121041K
Penn State University Park PA · Public—1340—
Ohio State University OH · Public49.2%138046K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
Iowa State University IA · Public87.9%1260—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Purdue University

12 years of Purdue University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.