Computer Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study computer engineering, 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 has a total student population of 46,655. In 2021, 233 CE majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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

Purdue Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

Purdue Computer Engineering Rankings

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

How Much Do CE Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $76,843. This is 10% higher than $70,001, which is the national average for all CE bachelor's degree recipients.

CE Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 233 CE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 85% were men and 15% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	94
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Software Applications Developers	9,770	$88,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Computer Network Architects	3,620	$88,210
Systems Software Developers	3,610	$90,850

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.