Other Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 36 of them were other engineering majors.

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

Purdue Other Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Other Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Other Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Other Engineering

Purdue Other Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The other engineering major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Other 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9

In 2021, 35 students received their master’s degree in other engineering from Purdue. This makes it the #10 most popular school for other engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in other engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Other Engineering Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of other engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $61,803. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $61,891 for all other engineering students.

Other Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Other Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in other engineering from Purdue in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical other engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its other engineering 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 other engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	15
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Purdue Other Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students earned a master's degree in other engineering from Purdue. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in other engineering. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Other Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in other 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 - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Engineers	2,380	$73,340

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.