Purdue University Northwest Student Population and Demographics

Purdue Northwest Student Population

There are 9,051 students including 8,201 undergraduate and 850 graduate students at Purdue University Northwest for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,041 full-time and 4,010 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,116 male and 4,935 female students.

Purdue University Northwest is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 663 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Purdue University Northwest has a total enrollment of 9,051 with a gender distribution of 45.48% male (4,116 students) and 54.52% female (4,935 students). There are 3,735 male and 4,466 female students in undergraduate school and 381 male and 469 female students are attending graduate school at Purdue University Northwest.

Student Population By Gender
Purdue University Northwest
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,051	4,116	4,935
Undergraduate	8,201	3,735	4,466
Graduate	850	381	469
Full-time	5,041	2,492	2,549
Part-time	4,010	1,624	2,386

[Chart] Purdue University Northwest 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Purdue University Northwest has 5,041 full-time and 4,010 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,625 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,576 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 416 students are full-time and 434 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Purdue University Northwest
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,051	5,041	4,010
Undergraduate	8,201	4,625	3,576
Graduate	850	416	434
Men	4,116	2,492	1,624
Women	4,935	2,549	2,386

[Chart] Purdue University Northwest Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Purdue University Northwest, 663 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,851 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,051 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,232 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 282 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Purdue University Northwest
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,051	8,201	850
Online Exclusively	663	448	215
In Some Online Classes	1,851	1,784	67
Not In Online Classes	6,537	5,969	568

[Chart] Purdue University Northwest Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Purdue University Northwest. There are 11 American Indian/Native American, 4,306 White, 834 Black/African American, 308 Asian, 2,233 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 347 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Purdue University Northwest
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,051	4,116	4,935
American Indian/Native American	11	5	6
Asian	308	162	146
Black/African American	834	307	527
Hispanic	2,233	951	1,282
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	4	2
White	4,306	1,969	2,337
Two More	270	128	142
Race Un-Known	498	219	279

[Chart] Purdue University NorthwestRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Purdue University Northwest
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,051	8,201	850
Under 18	2,410	2,410	0
Age 18-19	1,962	1,962	0
Age 20-21	1,825	1,806	19
Age 22-24	1,346	1,035	311
Age 25-29	626	420	206
Age 30-34	322	229	93
Age 35-39	190	125	65
Age 40-49	248	157	91
Age 50-64	104	52	52
Over 64	8	5	3
Age Un-Known	10	0	10

[Chart] Purdue University Northwest 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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