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Humanities at Purdue University - Main Campus

Humanities at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying humanities, 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.

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

Purdue Humanities Degrees Available

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

Purdue Humanities Rankings

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

Humanities Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Humanities Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of humanities bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in humanities 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 humanities.

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

Careers That Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in humanities 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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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