Enrollment Trends at PU

The student population at Purdue University-Main Campus is 51,528 (38,593 undergraduate and 12,935 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 11,135 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PU is 74.90% which is increased by 7,309 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,826 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

4,437 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 206.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 43,920 where 51,528 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 7,309 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,826 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in PU than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Purdue University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	40,393	31,284	18,232	13,052	9,109	5,406	3,703
2013-14	39,794 -599	30,446 -838	17,672 -560	12,774 -278	9,348 239	5,562 156	3,786 83
2014-15	39,752 -42	30,237 -209	17,590 -82	12,647 -127	9,515 167	5,614 52	3,901 115
2015-16	40,472 720	30,560 323	17,783 193	12,777 130	9,912 397	5,776 162	4,136 235
2016-17	41,513 1,041	31,105 545	18,189 406	12,916 139	10,408 496	5,903 127	4,505 369
2017-18	42,699 1,186	32,132 1,027	18,682 493	13,450 534	10,567 159	5,877 -26	4,690 185
2018-19	44,474 1,775	33,735 1,603	19,445 763	14,290 840	10,739 172	5,960 83	4,779 89
2019-20	45,500 1,026	34,596 861	19,887 442	14,709 419	10,904 165	6,090 130	4,814 35
2020-21	46,655 1,155	35,706 1,110	20,548 661	15,158 449	10,949 45	6,166 76	4,783 -31
2021-22	50,344 3,689	37,806 2,100	21,853 1,305	15,953 795	12,538 1,589	7,204 1,038	5,334 551
2022-23	51,528 1,184	38,593 787	22,210 357	16,383 430	12,935 397	7,580 376	5,355 21
Average	43,920	33,291	19,281	14,010	10,629	6,103	4,526

Purdue University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 33,291 where 38,593 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Purdue University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,284	29,360	17,109	12,251	1,924	1,123	801
2013-14	30,446	28,659	16,593	12,066	1,787	1,079	708
2014-15	30,237	28,419	16,474	11,945	1,818	1,116	702
2015-16	30,560	28,682	16,609	12,073	1,878	1,174	704
2016-17	31,105	29,309	17,072	12,237	1,796	1,117	679
2017-18	32,132	30,277	17,533	12,744	1,855	1,149	706
2018-19	33,735	31,849	18,339	13,510	1,886	1,106	780
2019-20	34,596	32,606	18,757	13,849	1,990	1,130	860
2020-21	35,706	33,575	19,353	14,222	2,131	1,195	936
2021-22	37,806	35,878	20,788	15,090	1,928	1,065	863
2022-23	38,593	36,484	21,065	15,419	2,109	1,145	964
Average	33,291	33,291	18,154	13,219	33,291	1,127	791

Purdue University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 10,629 where 12,935 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Purdue University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,109	6,191	3,552	2,639	2,918	1,854	1,064
2013-14	9,348	6,212	3,539	2,673	3,136	2,023	1,113
2014-15	9,515	6,234	3,549	2,685	3,281	2,065	1,216
2015-16	9,912	6,348	3,648	2,700	3,564	2,128	1,436
2016-17	10,408	6,575	3,727	2,848	3,833	2,176	1,657
2017-18	10,567	6,442	3,588	2,854	4,125	2,289	1,836
2018-19	10,739	6,546	3,662	2,884	4,193	2,298	1,895
2019-20	10,904	6,604	3,745	2,859	4,300	2,345	1,955
2020-21	10,949	6,085	3,440	2,645	4,864	2,726	2,138
2021-22	12,538	6,854	3,942	2,912	5,684	3,262	2,422
2022-23	12,935	6,869	3,909	2,960	6,066	3,671	2,395
Average	10,629	10,629	3,664	2,787	10,629	2,440	1,739

Purdue University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.70%. The percentage was 63.52% 10 years ago and PU still has a high percentage of white students. 11.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.65% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Purdue University-Main Campus over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	83	1,856	1,314	1,429	23	25,657	601
2013-14	61	1,901	1,256	1,496	37	24,894	698
2014-15	57	2,076	1,202	1,575	31	24,244	768
2015-16	58	2,337	1,212	1,671	41	24,188	824
2016-17	66	2,611	1,254	1,806	43	24,485	905
2017-18	66	2,870	1,293	2,029	31	25,212	1,083
2018-19	59	3,417	1,312	2,189	30	26,266	1,342
2019-20	56	3,747	1,283	2,393	26	26,585	1,469
2020-21	59	4,365	1,300	2,709	30	27,571	1,708
2021-22	70	5,202	1,362	3,020	31	28,982	1,888
2022-23	63	5,754	1,364	3,252	23	28,700	2,040
Average	63	3,285	1,287	2,143	31	26,071	1,211

Purdue University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,437 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 206.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Purdue University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	39,752	1,448	3,923	34,381
2015-16	40,472	1,891	4,455	34,126
2016-17	41,513	2,108	4,977	34,428
2017-18	42,699	2,494	5,347	34,858
2018-19	44,474	2,597	6,641	35,236
2019-20	45,500	2,731	7,398	35,371
2020-21	46,655	8,309	29,965	8,381
2021-22	50,344	4,423	19,239	26,682
2022-23	51,528	4,437	13,394	33,697
Average	44,771	3,382	10,593	30,796

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