Student Population at Purdue Northwest

By race/ethnicity, 4,306 White, 834 Black, and 308 Asian students out of a total of 9,051 are attending at Purdue University Northwest. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Purdue University Northwest is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Purdue Northwest has 2,410 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 7,543 students under 25 years old, and 1,498 students over 25 years old out of 9,051 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,410 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Purdue Northwest has 7,213 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 988 students aged 25 and over.

It has 330 graduate students aged under 25 and 510 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Purdue University Northwest, 663 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,851 students are enrolled in some online courses.

300 students who live in Indiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 363 students live in another State or outside of the United States.