Enrollment Trends at Purdue University Global

The student population at Purdue University Global is 45,125 (33,510 undergraduate and 11,615 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 44,590 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Purdue University Global is 74.26% which is increased by 33,037 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11,553 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

45,007 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 18,195.53% since 2016.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 8 years is 24,755 where 45,125 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 33,037 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 11,553 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Purdue University Global than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Purdue University Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	535	473	69	404	62	13	49
2017-18	603 68	531 58	97 28	434 30	72 10	13 0	59 10
2018-19	1,498 895	1,258 727	314 217	944 510	240 168	64 51	176 117
2019-20	38,138 36,640	28,807 27,549	10,222 9,908	18,585 17,641	9,331 9,091	2,336 2,272	6,995 6,819
2020-21	43,927 5,789	33,192 4,385	13,016 2,794	20,176 1,591	10,735 1,404	2,812 476	7,923 928
2021-22	43,458 -469	32,477 -715	12,875 -141	19,602 -574	10,981 246	2,940 128	8,041 118
2022-23	45,125 1,667	33,510 1,033	13,993 1,118	19,517 -85	11,615 634	3,215 275	8,400 359
Average	24,755	18,607	7,227	11,380	6,148	1,628	4,520

Purdue University Global Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 8 years is 18,607 where 33,510 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 Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	473	53	4	49	420	65	355
2017-18	531	53	8	45	478	89	389
2018-19	1,258	109	23	86	1,149	291	858
2019-20	28,807	4,753	1,372	3,381	24,054	8,850	15,204
2020-21	33,192	5,438	1,794	3,644	27,754	11,222	16,532
2021-22	32,477	4,865	1,674	3,191	27,612	11,201	16,411
2022-23	33,510	5,368	1,948	3,420	28,142	12,045	16,097
Average	18,607	18,607	975	1,974	18,607	6,252	9,407

Purdue University Global Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 8 years is 6,148 where 11,615 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 Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	62	31	12	19	31	1	30
2017-18	72	25	6	19	47	7	40
2018-19	240	132	43	89	108	21	87
2019-20	9,331	5,260	1,683	3,577	4,071	653	3,418
2020-21	10,735	6,339	2,067	4,272	4,396	745	3,651
2021-22	10,981	5,706	1,850	3,856	5,275	1,090	4,185
2022-23	11,615	5,806	1,916	3,890	5,809	1,299	4,510
Average	6,148	6,148	1,082	2,246	6,148	545	2,274

Purdue University Global Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.38%. The percentage was 38.88% 10 years ago and Purdue University Global still has a high percentage of white students. 3.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 17.99% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Purdue University Global over the past 8 years (2016-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2016-17	1	1	132	24	1	208	9
2017-18	1	4	110	16	2	228	7
2018-19	10	13	246	59	2	818	41
2019-20	231	964	8,458	4,296	182	21,091	1,419
2020-21	249	1,377	8,664	5,716	209	24,866	1,564
2021-22	266	1,495	8,305	5,863	204	24,440	1,610
2022-23	233	1,691	8,120	6,520	215	23,637	1,790
Average	142	792	4,862	3,213	116	13,613	920

Purdue University Global Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

45,007 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 18,195.53% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Purdue University Global from 2016 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2016-17	535	246	281	8
2017-18	603	496	107	0
2018-19	1,498	1,498	0	0
2019-20	38,138	37,778	135	225
2020-21	43,927	43,927	0	0
2021-22	43,458	43,294	164	0
2022-23	45,125	45,007	118	0
Average	24,755	24,607	115	33

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