Purdue University Northwest Student Population

How many students at Purdue Northwest? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,051 students have enrolled in Purdue University Northwest with 8,201 undergraduate and 850 graduate students.

By gender, 4,116 male and 4,935 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

663 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,851 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Purdue University Northwest has a total of 9,051 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,201 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 850 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,116 male and 4,935 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

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.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

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.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,201 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 447 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.45%.311 students have transferred in as full-time status and 136 students transferred in as part-time status.