Purdue University-Main Campus - Graduate Programs and Degrees

Purdue University-Main Campus offers 189 graduate degree program - 80 Master's, 78 Doctorate, 20 Post-bachelor's, 11 Post-master's. The average tuition & fees for graduate programs are $9,992 for Indiana residents and $28,794 for others in academic year 2017-2018.

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Graduate Program Overview at Purdue University-Main Campus

Purdue University-Main Campus is a Public, 4 or more years school located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It offers graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. For academic year 2017-2018 the graduate school tuition & fees are $9,992 for Indiana residents and $28,794 for other students in average.

Purdue University-Main Campus offers 189 graduate programs: 80 Master's, 78 Doctorate, 20 Post-Bachelor's, 11 Post-Master's programs. Some of those programs are offered by distance learning. 1,879 students have been confered Master's degree and 959 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
Purdue University-Main Campus
School Name	Purdue University-Main Campus
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	Hovde Hall of Administration, West Lafayette, IN
Graduate School Students	9,912
Tuition & Fees (2017-2018)	In-State$9,992 Out-of-State$28,794
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)

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2018 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

Next table and chart describe 2017-2018 graduate tuition & fees at Purdue University-Main Campus and costs trends last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Indiana resident, the tuition & fees are $9,992 and $28,794 for non-Indiana resident.

Graduate School 2018 Tuition & Costs - Purdue University-Main Campus
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$9,208	$28,010
Fees	$784	$784
Books & Supplies	$1,160
Room & Board	$10,030 (On-Campus) / $8,830 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$1,630 (On-Campus) / $1,630 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$22,812	$41,614
Off-Campus Total	$21,612	$40,414

Graduate Tuition Changes (2014-2018) - Purdue University-Main Campus
	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
	$9,992	$10,002	$10,002	$10,002	$9,992
	$28,794	$28,804	$28,804	$28,804	$28,794

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Purdue University-Main Campus offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 189 major areas - 236 Master's (53 online program), 222 Doctorate (9 online program), 60 Post-Bachelor'(3 online program), 33 Post-Master'. Next table summarises total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	1,879	959	163	-
Men	1,162	526	54	-
Women	717	433	109	-

Next tables list each graduate program with offered degrees. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of program.

Agriculture

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Agricultural Economics	42^ONLINE	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	6	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Animal Sciences	5	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Food Science	3	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Horticultural Science	3	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Soil Science and Agronomy	17	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources And Conservation

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Forest Sciences and Biology	12	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization	3	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
African-American/Black Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication	75^ONLINE	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	120^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED

Computer And Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	32^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	55^ONLINE	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Graphics	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	145^ONLINE	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	13	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biology Teacher Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Education (other)			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	110^ONLINE	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Engineering	8	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	8^ONLINE	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	10	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	105	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	128^ONLINE	80	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	7	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	121^ONLINE	43	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Nuclear Engineering	12	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering	52^ONLINE	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)	124^ONLINE	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	11^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	22^ONLINE	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foreign Languages and Literatures	13	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Linguistics	1	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Comparative Literature	1	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Human Development and Family Studies	4	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textiles	5	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language And Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	19	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	6	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biomedical Sciences	4	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry	1	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Botany/Plant Biology	5	4^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Entomology	5	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Plant Genetics	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biotechnology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics And Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	8	30^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Statistics	34	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Gerontology	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nutrition Sciences	2	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy And Religious Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	2	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	11	55	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	9	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	5	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED
Experimental Psychology	12	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	5	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	36^ONLINE	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	5	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	2	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Transportation And Materials Moving

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	34^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual And Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Design and Applied Arts (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio Arts	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	31	2	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacy	1	4	143	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	8	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	1	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Veterinary Medicine	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	79	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	9	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	13	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	2
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	10	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	347^ONLINE	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	18	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate (Research)	Doctorate (Practical)	Doctorate (other)	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	7	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 40,472 students enrolled into graduate programs including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, total 9,912 students are enrolled into graduate programs. By gender, graduate schools have 5,776 male and 4,136 female students.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution - Purdue University-Main Campus
Total	9,912
Men Students	5,776
Women Students	4,136

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution - Purdue University-Main Campus
Total	9,912
Full-time Students	6,348
Part-time Students	3,564

By race/ethnicity 4,413 White, 298 Black, and 460 Asian students are attending at Purdue University-Main Campus. Detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution - Purdue University-Main Campus
Total	9,912
American Indian / Native American	23
Asian	460
Black	298
Hispanic	345
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islnader	11
White	4,413
Two or more races	150
Un-Known	215

314 students are younger than 22 and 718 students are older than 65. The school has 6,674 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,206 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution - Purdue University-Main Campus
Total	9,912
21 & Under	314
22-24	2,888
25-29	3,786
30-34	1,596
35-39	610
40 & Over	718

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Purdue University-Main Campus, 1,612 students are enrolled exclusively in online cources and 304 students are enrolled in some online course.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution - Purdue University-Main Campus
Total Enrollment	9,912
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,612
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	304
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	7,996

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location - Purdue University-Main Campus
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,612
Indiana Resident	397
Other State In U.S.	1,060
Outside of U.S.	155

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Purdue University-Main Campus - Graduate Programs and Degrees

Purdue University-Main Campus offers 189 graduate degree program - 80 Master's, 78 Doctorate, 20 Post-bachelor's, 11 Post-master's. The average tuition & fees for graduate programs are $9,992 for Indiana residents and $28,794 for others in academic year 2017-2018.

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