Purdue University-Main Campus Student Population and Demographics

PU Student Population

There are 58,658 students including 44,819 undergraduate and 13,839 graduate students at Purdue University-Main Campus for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 49,135 full-time and 9,523 part-time students with gender distribution of 34,856 male and 23,802 female students.

Purdue University-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,902 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Purdue University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 58,658 with a gender distribution of 59.42% male (34,856 students) and 40.58% female (23,802 students). There are 26,428 male and 18,391 female students in undergraduate school and 8,428 male and 5,411 female students are attending graduate school at Purdue University-Main Campus.

Student Population By Gender
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	58,658	34,856	23,802
Undergraduate	44,819	26,428	18,391
Graduate	13,839	8,428	5,411
Full-time	49,135	29,115	20,020
Part-time	9,523	5,741	3,782

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Purdue University-Main Campus has 49,135 full-time and 9,523 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 41,904 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,915 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 7,231 students are full-time and 6,608 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	58,658	49,135	9,523
Undergraduate	44,819	41,904	2,915
Graduate	13,839	7,231	6,608
Men	34,856	29,115	5,741
Women	23,802	20,020	3,782

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 4,902 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 16,751 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 58,658 students.

In undergraduate schools, 16,312 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,341 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	58,658	44,819	13,839
Online Exclusively	4,902	951	3,951
In Some Online Classes	16,751	15,361	1,390
Not In Online Classes	37,005	28,507	8,498

[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 69 American Indian/Native American, 29,486 White, 1,627 Black/African American, 7,789 Asian, 4,071 Hispanic, 27 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 3,152 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Purdue University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	58,658	34,856	23,802
American Indian/Native American	69	42	27
Asian	7,789	4,898	2,891
Black/African American	1,627	876	751
Hispanic	4,071	2,383	1,688
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	19	8
White	29,486	16,727	12,759
Two More	2,445	1,416	1,029
Race Un-Known	3,177	1,736	1,441

[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	58,658	44,819	13,839
Under 18	610	610	0
Age 18-19	18,764	18,761	3
Age 20-21	18,992	18,561	431
Age 22-24	9,571	5,353	4,218
Age 25-29	6,105	816	5,289
Age 30-34	2,227	302	1,925
Age 35-39	979	180	799
Age 40-49	971	157	814
Age 50-64	404	63	341
Over 64	35	16	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Purdue University-Main Campus 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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