Student Population at Purdue

The following chart compares Purdue's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Indiana.

Purdue has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 42,737 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Indiana average (14,089 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Purdue University-Main Campus and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 34,856 male and 23,802 female students attending Purdue. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.46 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Purdue.

By age, there are 47,937 students whose age under twenty five and 4,616 students whose age is over thirty years old at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Especially, 610 students are younger than eighteen and 35 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Purdue University-Main Campus.

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 21,653 students (36.91% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,902 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,142 students live in Indiana where Purdue University-Main Campus is located in and 3,196 students have enrolled from other states.