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Purdue University West Lafayette

Purdue University West Lafayette
610 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Official telephone: (765) 494-4600
Fax number: (765) 494-0544
Website: https://www.purdue.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 39,170
Full-time undergraduates: 37,349
Part-time undergraduates: 1,821
Total graduate students: 12,935
Full-time graduate students: 6,869
Part-time graduate students: 6,066
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
14.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.6% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
7.3% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
58.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
10.3% Nonresident Alien
1.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 2,468 acres
Nearest major city: Indianapolis

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 99%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 40%
Percent of students who live off campus: 94%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Purdue Dance Marathon; Purdue Paint Crew; Purdue Student Union Board; Purdue Grand Prix; HTM Society

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; archery; badminton; basketball; baseball; bowling; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; riflery; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Indianapolis International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 69% within six months of graduation

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