Facts and Figures

As a driver of innovation and a leader in higher education, Purdue has impacted countless individuals and industries across the globe.

Notable Rankings

Rankings can be used to position Purdue as an excellent institution and a driver of innovation as well as to show Purdue’s impact on local and global communities.

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Our Boilerplate

Our Boilerplate provides key high-level information about Purdue for journalists and other media outlets. It is the standard statement for who we are, how we excel and what makes Purdue a world-class higher education institution and a driver of innovation.

Purdue Boilerplate

Purdue University is a public research institution with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top 4 in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, with 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition 12 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap, including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes, at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.

Purdue 101

Purdue 101 is a high-level overview of Purdue’s first steps, next moves, vision for the future, local and global impact, rich culture and more. It is applicable for a variety of audiences and can be widely shared, including through slides pulled from the PowerPoint below.

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