Headcounts and Directory Information
Purdue University-Main Campus (PU) is a public, four-years institute located in West Lafayette, IN. It has a total enrollment of 58,658 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 2,464 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at PU. The average faculty salary is $130,529 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 12,300 employees work at PU. The average non-instructional staff salary is $73,462. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | Hovde Hall of Administration, West Lafayette, IN |
| Phone Number | 765-494-4600 |
| Web | https://www.purdue.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 14 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 2,107 Full-time / 357 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 10,665 Full-time / 1,635 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $130,529 |
| Staff Average Salary | $73,462 |
| Student Population | 58,658 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Purdue University-Main Campus, there are 12,300 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 10,665 full-time and 1,635 part-time staffs work at PU. By gender there are 5,882 male and 6,418 female employees.
Among them, 2,464 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 3,068 full-time and 431 part-time faculty. By gender there are 2,166 male and 1,333 female faculty teaching at PU.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 12,300 | 5,882 | 6,418 | 10,665 | 5,117 | 5,548 | 1,635 | 765 | 870 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,499 | 2,166 | 1,333 | 3,068 | 1,966 | 1,102 | 431 | 200 | 231 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 610 | 184 | 426 | 598 | 181 | 417 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Management | 1,027 | 517 | 510 | 1,015 | 508 | 507 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1,401 | 449 | 952 | 1,363 | 434 | 929 | 38 | 15 | 23 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 1,337 | 874 | 463 | 1,298 | 857 | 441 | 39 | 17 | 22 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 610 | 204 | 406 | 555 | 201 | 354 | 55 | 3 | 52 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 213 | 51 | 162 | 195 | 47 | 148 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Service | 1,041 | 442 | 599 | 1,028 | 442 | 586 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sales and related | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 2,189 | 645 | 1,544 | 1,176 | 134 | 1,042 | 1,013 | 511 | 502 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 280 | 268 | 12 | 277 | 265 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 91 | 82 | 9 | 90 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |