Purdue University-Main Campus Student Population and Demographics

PU Student Population

There are 51,528 students including 38,593 undergraduate and 12,935 graduate students at Purdue University-Main Campus for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 43,353 full-time and 8,175 part-time students with gender distribution of 29,790 male and 21,738 female students. Purdue University-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,437 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Purdue University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 51,528 with a gender distribution of 57.81% male (29,790 students) and 42.19% female (21,738 students). There are 22,210 male and 16,383 female students in undergraduate school and 7,580 male and 5,355 female students are attending graduate school at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Student Population By Gender
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	51,528	29,790	21,738
Undergraduate	38,593	22,210	16,383
Graduate	12,935	7,580	5,355
Full-time	43,353	24,974	18,379
Part-time	8,175	4,816	3,359

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Purdue University-Main Campus has 43,353 full-time and 8,175 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 36,484 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,109 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 6,869 students are full-time and 6,066 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	51,528	43,353	8,175
Undergraduate	38,593	36,484	2,109
Graduate	12,935	6,869	6,066
Men	29,790	24,974	4,816
Women	21,738	18,379	3,359

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 4,437 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,394 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 51,528 students. In undergraduate schools, 12,893 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,938 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	51,528	38,593	12,935
Online Exclusively	4,437	672	3,765
In Some Online Classes	13,394	12,221	1,173
Not In Online Classes	33,697	25,700	7,997

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Purdue University-Main Campus. There are 63 American Indian/Native American, 28,700 White, 1,364 Black/African American, 5,754 Asian, 3,252 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,625 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	51,528	29,790	21,738
American Indian/Native American	63	37	26
Asian	5,754	3,541	2,213
Black/African American	1,364	678	686
Hispanic	3,252	1,798	1,454
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	19	4
White	28,700	15,735	12,965
Two More	2,040	1,099	941
Race Un-Known	892	526	366

[Chart] Purdue University-Main CampusRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Age Distribution
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	51,528	38,593	12,935
Under 18	342	342	0
Age 18-19	16,936	16,933	3
Age 20-21	16,235	15,832	403
Age 22-24	8,165	4,415	3,750
Age 25-29	5,729	555	5,174
Age 30-34	2,022	212	1,810
Age 35-39	891	121	770
Age 40-49	838	121	717
Age 50-64	344	52	292
Over 64	26	10	16
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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