Entomology at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a entomology school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's entomology program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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

Purdue Entomology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Entomology
• Master’s Degree in Entomology

Purdue Entomology Rankings

The entomology major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Entomology. 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in entomology, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Entomology Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the entomology majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Entomology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of entomology bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical entomology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in entomology at Purdue are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its entomology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in entomology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue Entomology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of entomology master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Of the students who received a entomology master's degree from Purdue, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in entomology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Entomology Grads May Go Into

A degree in entomology 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 - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Biological Science Professors	1,410	$98,590
Biological Scientists	630	$69,180
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	60	$65,180

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.