Purdue University

Common Data Set 2014-15

Acceptance Rate

12.7%

Applications

28,903

Admitted

3,679

SAT Composite

0.164-0.118

SAT Reading

0.005-0.012

All Extracted Fields

A. General Information

Address Line 2:
http://www.purdue.edu
Email Address:
www.purdue.edu/Purdue/admissions
Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Website?
x
If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:
Classify your undergraduate institution:
We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.
Women's college

B. Enrollment And Persistence

Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males
24
Other first-year, degree-seeking: males
16016
Total degree-seeking: males
1024
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: males
2510
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males
15
Total All Full-Time Students: Males
1762
Total All Part-Tim Students: Males
45
Total All Students: males
735
Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females
11
Other first-year, degree-seeking: females
11865
Total degree-seeking: females
738
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: females
1940
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females
7
Total undergraduate students: females
Degree-Seeking First-Time First Year
Degree-seeking, first-time: females
157
All other degree-seeking: females
4022
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: females
9
Total graduate Full-Time Students: females
473
Degree-seeking, first-time: females
134
All other degree-seeking: females
6372
Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: Unknown
75
Other first-year, degree-seeking: Unknown
774
Total degree-seeking: Unknown
361
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
1560
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
144
Total undergraduate students: Unknown
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)
Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
896
All other degree-seeking: Unknown
18877
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
34
Total graduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
1601
Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
514
All other degree-seeking: Unknown
29038
Nonresidents
1524
Black or African American, non-Hispanic
352
White, non-Hispanic
4901
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
0.7384360403796896
Total
0.926254154138313

C. First-Time, First-Year Admission

Total first-time, first-year males who applied
15601
Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied
13302
Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted
3674
Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted
5
Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who enrolled
Yes
Total full-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled
1215
Total part-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled
1208
Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled
368
Yes, by:
C22
Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):Month
x
Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): Day
x
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?
Units Recommended
Total academic units
x
English
x
Mathematics
x
Science
x
Social studies
x
Academic electives
x
Computer Science
x
Rigor of secondary school record
ADMISSION
Class rank
Require
Academic GPA
x
Please provide additional information if the importance of any specific academic or nonacademic factors differ by academic program.
As a validity check on the application essay
Specify:
0.54
Percent Submitting SAT Scores
0.439
Percent Submitting ACT Scores
0.153
Number Submitting SAT Scores
0.273
Number Submitting ACT Scores
0.07
SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
0.164
SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
0.218
SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
0.118
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
0.005
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
0.015
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
0.012
SAT Math: 25th Percentile
0
SAT Math: 50th Percentile
0
SAT Math: 75th Percentile
0
ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
0
ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
0
ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
0
ACT Math: 25th Percentile
1
ACT Math: 50th Percentile
0.9999999999999999
ACT Math: 75th Percentile
1
ACT Science: 75th Percentile
0.42
ACT Reading: 75th Percentile
0.77
SAT Math: 400-499
0.55
SAT Math: 300-399
0.25
SAT Math: 200-299
0.11
SAT Math: Total
0.07
ACT Composite: 30-36
Yes
ACT Composite: 24-29
x
ACT Composite: 18-23
60
ACT Composite: 12-17
Yes
ACT Composite: 6-11
x
ACT English: 30-36
No
ACT English: 12-17
No

D. Transfer Admission

Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
x
Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
Yes
Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
No
Describe other transfer credit policies:
from a two-year institution:
Unknown
Applicants
Total
1317
Unknown
Admitted Applicants
Total
492
Unknown
Enrolled Applicants
Total
306
Fall
D3
Essay or personal statement
Required of All
Interview
x
Standardized test scores
x
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)
x
List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
transfer applicants, specify
Winter Notification Date: Month
varies by
Winter Notification Date: Day
varies by
Spring Notification Date: Month
major
Spring Notification Date: Day
major

E. Academic Offerings and Policies

Specify:
This question has been removed from the Common Data Set.
Describe:
again when a new Academic Libraries Survey is in place.

F. Student Life

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
0.36986824517853734
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
0.92
Percent who live off campus or commute
0.08
Percent of students age 25 and older
3e-05
Average age of full-time students
18
Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
18
Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
0.32590974031431214
Percent of males who join fraternities
0.17
Percent of females who join sororities
0.2
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing
0.37
Percent who live off campus or commute
0.63
Percent of students age 25 and older
0.036
Average age of full-time students
20.1
Average age of all students (full- and part-time)
20.4
Specify:
Other housing options (specify):

G. Annual Expenses

Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):
9208
Tuition: Out-of-state:
9208
Tuition: Nonresident
28010
Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):
9208
Tuition: Out-of-state:
9208
Tuition: Nonresident
28010
Required Fees:
794
Housing Only (on-campus):
10030
Food Only (on-campus meal plan):
4860
Required Fees:
794
Housing Only (on-campus):
10030
Food Only (on-campus meal plan):
4860
Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program?
No
If yes, what percentage of full-time undergraduates pay more than the tuition and fees reported in $G$1?
x
Transportation:
Residents
Other expenses:
1220
Transportation
Commuters (living at home)
Other expenses:
1220
Transportation:
Commuters (not living at home)
Other expenses:
1220
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS:
210

H. Financial Aid

a) Students notified on or about (date):
Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.
a) Students notified on or about (date): Month
Non-Need Based
a) Students notified on or about (date): Day
Non-Need Based
b) Students notified on a rolling basis:
Alumni affiliation
If yes, starting date (Month):
X
If yes, starting date (Day):
X
Academic Year
2726638
Federal
1374
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
444
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
380
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
380
Total Scholarships/Grants
238
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
131
Federal Work-Study
157
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
69.2
Total Self-Help
7576
Parent Loans
5829.04
Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
4224.4
Athletic Awards
4031.93
A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
6696.83
B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
202
C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
25714.44
A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
4141.04
B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
7
C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
13235.38
A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
X
Specify:
Loans
Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:
Federal Pell
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:
State scholarships/grants
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)
College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds

I. Instructional Faculty And Class Size

2-9
to 1
20-29
28560

J. Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

Communication/journalism
Diploma/Certificates
Communication technologies
9.8
Computer and information sciences
0
Personal and culinary services
0.2
Education
0.5
Engineering
2.7
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
5.2
Law/legal studies
0.7
English
9.4
Liberal arts/general studies
0.9
Library science
0.2
Biological/life sciences
1.8
Military science and military technologies
0.4
Interdisciplinary studies
0
Philosophy and religious studies
3.4
Theology and religious vocations
1.1
Science technologies
0.5
Psychology
0.2
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services
0
Social sciences
2.7
Mechanic and repair technologies
0.5
Visual and performing arts
2.1
Other
0.2
TOTAL (should = 100%)
1.4
Communication/journalism
Associate
Communication technologies
2.7
Computer and information sciences
0
Personal and culinary services
0
Education
0
Engineering
0
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
0
Law/legal studies
0
English
0
Liberal arts/general studies
2.7
Library science
0
Biological/life sciences
0
Military science and military technologies
0
Interdisciplinary studies
0
Philosophy and religious studies
0
Theology and religious vocations
0
Science technologies
0
Psychology
0
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services
0
Social sciences
0
Mechanic and repair technologies
2.7
Visual and performing arts
0
Other
0
TOTAL (should = 100%)
0
Communication/journalism
Bachelor’s
Communication technologies
5.897
Computer and information sciences
1.347
Personal and culinary services
0.362
Education
0.333
Engineering
2.724
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
4.593
Law/legal studies
4.868
English
21.371
Liberal arts/general studies
3.68
Library science
0.695
Biological/life sciences
1.898
Military science and military technologies
1.275
Interdisciplinary studies
0.014
Philosophy and religious studies
3.39
Theology and religious vocations
2.854
Science technologies
0.609
Psychology
1.188
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services
0.232
Social sciences
2.028
Mechanic and repair technologies
2.782
Visual and performing arts
6.418
Other
1.71
TOTAL (should = 100%)
2.202