Engineering at Purdue University Fort Wayne

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University Fort Wayne. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a total student population of 8,093.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

PFW Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Engineering (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

PFW Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at PFW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Engineering Student Demographics at PFW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

PFW Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 91% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 9% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at PFW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	54
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

PFW Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University Fort Wayne with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University Fort Wayne. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	25
Electrical Engineering	15
Mechanical Engineering	15
Civil Engineering	8
Computer Engineering	4

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Industrial Engineers	10,820	$74,430
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Mechanical Engineers	7,770	$82,510
Industrial Production Managers	5,740	$98,840
Cost Estimators	4,360	$65,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.