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Common Data Set 2025-2026

Purdue University

IN · Public · ~43,600 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
43.4%

Purdue University's admit rate has fallen 15.8 percentage points across the 12 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1360
Range 1220–1470
6-yr grad
83.9%
Retention 92.4%
Undergrads
43,633
14:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Purdue University's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set. View source →
Purdue University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate43.4% SAT (50th)1,360 ACT (50th)32 Undergraduates43,633 6-yr graduation83.9% Retention92.4% Tuition (FT)$28,520 Student–faculty ratio14:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202643.4%9,65683.9%92.4%1,360
2024-202549.9%11,467———
2023-202450.3%9,285———
2022-202352.7%9,354———
2021-202268.9%10,191———

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Purdue University applicants also apply
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL · 42.4% admit · SAT 1470 · 37,140 UG Indiana University-BloomingtonIN · 75.9% admit · SAT 1310 · 38,463 UG Michigan State UniversityMI · 83.2% admit · SAT 1210 · 41,415 UG Penn State University ParkPA · 60.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 42,619 UG Ohio State UniversityOH · 49.2% admit · SAT 1380 · 46,627 UG University of MichiganMI · 16.4% admit · SAT 1470 · 35,358 UG Iowa State UniversityIA · 87.9% admit · SAT 1260 · 26,346 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI · 45.2% admit · SAT 1400 · 39,083 UG University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN · 43.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,041 UG North Carolina State University at RaleighNC · 41.3% admit · SAT 1360 · 28,422 UG

What the data says about Purdue University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Admit rate has tightened 25.4 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.

Purdue University's admit rate fell from 68.9% (2021-2022) to 43.4% (2025-2026) — a 25.4 pp drop. Year-over-year: 68.9 → 52.7 → 50.3 → 49.9 → 43.4. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.

02

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools Purdue University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 16.4% admit to 87.9% admit — a 71.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

03

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 28 percentage points.

Purdue University's 83.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 27.6 pp.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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