General Education at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 education majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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

Purdue General Education Degrees Available

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

Purdue General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Education Basic Certificate Schools	4
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91

In 2021, 116 students received their master’s degree in education from Purdue. This makes it the #42 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Education from Purdue in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Purdue 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 - Main Campus with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue General Education Master’s Program

Of the 116 students who earned a master's degree in General Education from Purdue in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Purdue, 82% were white. This is above average 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	95
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 24 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Multilingual Education
• Educational Assessment
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110

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.