Purdue University
Common Data Set 2016-17
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Acceptance Rate
12.0%
Applications
34,350
Admitted
4,116
SAT Composite
0.1444-0.1666
SAT Reading
0.0026-0.0071
ACT Composite
0.3896-0.4734
All Extracted Fields
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males
- 16547
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: males
- 2
- All other degree-seeking: males
- 16549
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: males
- 1138
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males
- 2578
- Degree-seeking, first-time: males
- 942
- All other degree-seeking: males
- 355
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: males
- 228
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: males
- 4676
- Degree-seeking, first-time: males
- 9
- All other degree-seeking: males
- 218
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: males
- 238
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: males
- 7243
- Total All Full-Time Students: Males
- 6862
- Total All Part-Tim Students: Males
- 160
- Total All Students: males
- 1870
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females
- 12159
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: females
- 4
- All other degree-seeking: females
- 12163
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 846
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females
- 1996
- Degree-seeking, first-time: females
- 5129
- All other degree-seeking: females
- 1363
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 892
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: females
- 18802
- Degree-seeking, first-time: females
- 33
- All other degree-seeking: females
- 711
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 784
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: females
- 29866
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: Unknown
- 689
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: Unknown
- 75
- All other degree-seeking: Unknown
- 764
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 350
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
- 1695
- Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
- 5133
- All other degree-seeking: Unknown
- 1373
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 904
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
- 18932
- Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
- 34
- All other degree-seeking: Unknown
- 714
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 791
- Total graduate Part-Time Students: Unknown
- 30043
- Total all undergraduates
- 727
- Total all graduate
- 219
- 2022 Cohort
- 0.9176
- Nonresidents
- 6
- Hispanic/Latino
- 6342
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- 3121
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 1487
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 278
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 4886
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 0.7704194260485652
- Total
- 0
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied
- 19171
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied
- 15179
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted
- 4108
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted
- 8
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who enrolled
- No
- Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99
- No
- Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74
- X
- Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
- No
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled
- X
- Must reply by (date)
- C22
- Weeks
- x
- Other
- C22
- Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):Month
- 2016-12-12 00:00:00
- Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): Day
- 2016-12-12 00:00:00
- Amount of housing deposit:
- Yes
- Total academic units
- X
- Mathematics
- X
- Science
- X
- Of these, units that must be lab
- X
- Foreign language
- X
- Academic electives
- X
- Visual/Performing Arts
- X
- Other (specify)
- X
- Explain:
- SAT and ACT Policies
- Academic GPA
- Require
- Standardized test scores
- X
- First generation
- X
- SAT Only
- Yes
- Percent Submitting SAT Scores
- 24
- Percent Submitting ACT Scores
- 23
- Number Submitting SAT Scores
- 32
- Number Submitting ACT Scores
- 29
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 0.1444
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 0.0849
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 0.1666
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 0.0026
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 0.0016
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 0.0071
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 0
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 0
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 0
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 0.9999
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1.0001
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- ACT Composite
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- ACT English
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- ACT Math
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 0.3722
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 0.3896
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 0.3865
- ACT Writing: 25th Percentile
- 0.4734
- ACT Writing: 50th Percentile
- 0.4059
- ACT Writing: 75th Percentile
- 0.4814
- ACT Science: 25th Percentile
- 0.1489
- ACT Science: 50th Percentile
- 0.1862
- ACT Science: 75th Percentile
- 0.1198
- ACT Reading: 25th Percentile
- 0.0056
- ACT Reading: 50th Percentile
- 0.0179
- ACT Reading: 75th Percentile
- 0.0123
- SAT Math: 600-699
- 0.42599
- SAT Math: 500-599
- 0.77158
- SAT Math: 400-499
- 0.97227
- SAT Math: 300-399
- 0.027734
- SAT Math: 200-299
- 0.003427859
- SAT Math: Total
- 0.4431096382214858
- SAT Composite: 1000-1199
- 0.5993
- SAT Composite: 800-999
- 0.1964
- SAT Composite: 600-799
- 0.1271
- SAT Composite: 400-599
- 0.0545
- SAT Composite: Total
- 0.0207
- ACT Composite: 24-29
- 0.9999000000000001
- ACT Composite: 12-17
- 3.74
- ACT Composite: 6-11
- 0.8667495167080916
D. Transfer Admission
- Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
- X
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
- Number
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
- Unit Type
- Males
- Applicants
- Females
- 1560
- Unknown
- 1436
- Total
- 2996
- Males
- Admitted Applicants
- Females
- 599
- Unknown
- 634
- Total
- 1233
- Males
- Enrolled Applicants
- Females
- 351
- Unknown
- 374
- Total
- 725
- High school transcript
- x
- College transcript(s)
- x
- If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):
- varies by
- List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
- List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
- Winter Priority Date: Month
- Priority Date
- Winter Priority Date: Day
- Priority Date
- Spring Priority Date: Month
- 2014-07-01 00:00:00
- Spring Priority Date: Day
- 2014-07-01 00:00:00
- Winter Closing Date: Month
- Closing Date
- Winter Closing Date: Day
- Closing Date
- Winter Notification Date: Month
- Notification Date
- Winter Notification Date: Day
- Notification Date
- Winter Reply Date: Month
- Reply Date
- Winter Reply Date: Day
- Reply Date
- Winter Rolling Admission
- Rolling Admission
- Spring Rolling Admission
- x
E. Academic Offerings and Policies
- Specify:
- This question has been removed from the Common Data Set.
F. Student Life
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- First-time, first-year (freshman) students
- Percent of females who join sororities
- 0.3968329374505146
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- NA
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- NA
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0.94
- Average age of full-time students
- 0.06
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 0
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- Undergraduates
- Percent of females who join sororities
- 0.3578187650360866
- Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
- 0.175
- Percent who live off campus or commute
- 0.221
- Percent of students age 25 and older
- 0.41
- Average age of full-time students
- 0.59
- Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
- 0.0276
- Campus Ministries
- F2
- Army ROTC is offered:
- At Cooperating Institution
- Coed residence halls
- F4
- Specify:
- Honors College
G. Annual Expenses
- Please provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2026-2027 academic year costs of attendance will be available:
- Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board
- Tuition
- 9208
- Tuition
- 9208
- Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):
- 794
- Tuition: Nonresident
- 10030
- Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):
- 794
- Tuition: Nonresident
- 10030
- Other:
- 8
- Minimum
- x
- Books and supplies:
- 1160
- Transportation:
- 160
- Other expenses:
- 1470
- Books and supplies:
- 1160
- Food only:
- 1680
- Transportation
- 1690
- Other expenses:
- 1470
- Books and supplies:
- 1160
- Housing only:
- 6810
- Food only:
- 2020
- Food and housing total*
- 8830
- Transportation:
- 160
- Other expenses:
- 1470
- In-district:
- 348
- In-state (out-of-district):
- 948
- Out-of-state:
- 1018
H. Financial Aid
- a) Students notified on or about (date):
- State Loans
- a) Students notified on or about (date): Month
- X
- a) Students notified on or about (date): Day
- X
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- Less Than Full-time Undergraduate
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 1160
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 384
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 297
- Federal Work-Study
- 208
- State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
- 229
- Total Self-Help
- 86
- Parent Loans
- 103
- Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
- 0.8470354655993819
- Athletic Awards
- 10984.4
- Federal Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
- H14
- Specify:
- ROTC
- Private scholarships
- H15
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- Full-time Undergrad (Incl. Fresh.)
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 3772
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 5958.95
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 216
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 26605.56
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- Less Than Full-time Undergrad
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 49
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 1964.16
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 7
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 17924.41
- Specify:
- Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:
- Business/Farm Supplement
- H11
- Specify:
- or within _______ weeks of notification.
- Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:
- Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:
- Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:
- FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN)
- No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)
- Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
I. Instructional Faculty And Class Size
- 10-19
- and
- 20-29
- 2434
- 30-39
- faculty).
J. Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred
- Communication/journalism
- Diploma/Certificates
- Communication technologies
- 0.046
- Law/legal studies
- 0.0153
- Interdisciplinary studies
- 0.11
- Communication/journalism
- Associate
- Communication/journalism
- Bachelor’s
- Communication technologies
- 0.0619
- Computer and information sciences
- 0.0109
- Personal and culinary services
- 0.0032
- Education
- 0.0038
- Engineering
- 0.0238
- Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
- 0.0568
- Law/legal studies
- 0.0423
- English
- 0.2254
- Liberal arts/general studies
- 0.0514
- Library science
- 0.0061
- Biological/life sciences
- 0.0172
- Military science and military technologies
- 0.0083
- Philosophy and religious studies
- 0.0348
- Theology and religious vocations
- 0.0386
- Science technologies
- 0.0051
- Psychology
- 0.0157
- Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services
- 0.001
- Social sciences
- 0.0236
- Mechanic and repair technologies
- 0.0245
- Visual and performing arts
- 0.0509
- Other
- 0.0176
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 0.0195