How many students at PU? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 52,905 students have enrolled in Purdue University-Main Campus with 39,864 undergraduate and 13,041 graduate students.

By gender, 30,659 male and 22,246 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (34,080 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

4,469 students are enrolled exclusively, and 14,526 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-Main Campus has a total of 52,905 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 39,864 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 13,041 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 30,659 male and 22,246 female students (the male-female ratio is 58:42) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total52,90539,86413,041
Men30,65922,9437,716
Women22,24616,9215,325
Purdue University-Main Campus 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 28,537 White, 1,449 Black, and 6,498 Asian students out of a total of 52,905 are attending at Purdue University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American583127
Asian6,4984,0302,468
Black1,449737712
Hispanic3,6382,0601,578
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders22175
White28,53715,60012,937
Two or more races2,3361,2881,048
Race Unknown980575405
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American352015
Asian5,5533,4822,071
Black1,049547502
Hispanic2,9221,6521,270
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders16115
White23,54412,83610,708
Two or more races2,0591,132927
Race Unknown662436226
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American231112
Asian945548397
Black400190210
Hispanic716408308
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders660
White4,9932,7642,229
Two or more races277156121
Race Unknown318139179
Purdue University-Main Campus 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, PU has 426 students under 18 years old and 32 students over 65 years old. There are 42,994 students under 25 years old, and 9,911 students over 25 years old out of 52,905 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 426 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. PU has 38,773 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,091 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,221 graduate students aged under 25 and 8,820 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18426165261
18-1916,3407,2509,090
20-2117,8107,50810,302
22-248,4183,3015,117
25-295,6952,1993,496
30-342,0798521,227
35-39894372522
40-49845408437
50-64366178188
Over 65321319
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18426165261
18-1916,3357,2469,089
20-2117,4317,29410,137
22-244,5811,6522,929
25-29563266297
30-3421011694
35-391187048
40-491327458
50-64543123
Over 651477
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19541
20-21379214165
22-243,8371,6492,188
25-295,1321,9333,199
30-341,8697361,133
35-39776302474
40-49713334379
50-64312147165
Over 6518612
Purdue University-Main Campus 2024 Student Population by Age chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartPurdue University-Main Campus 2024 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

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, 4,469 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,526 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,079 students lived in Indiana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,390 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students52,9054,46914,526
Undergraduate39,86475613,012
Graduate13,0413,7131,514
Online Student Population by Locality
Indiana ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,0792,997393
Undergraduate32141520
Graduate7582,582373
Purdue University-Main Campus 2024 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 39,864 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,084 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.72%.907 students have transferred in as full-time status and 177 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time36,771
Transfer-in Full-time907
Regular Part-time2,009
Transfer-in Part-time177

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