Purdue University Northwest Overview

Purdue University Northwest is a public institution located in Hammond, Indiana. Hammond is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Purdue University Northwest Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Purdue Northwest.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest makes roughly $42,030 a year. This is 3% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Purdue University Northwest Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Purdue Northwest.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#6	Best Electronics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#90	Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#105	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#162	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Purdue Northwest has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#9	Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Electronics Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#14	Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#94	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#254	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Purdue University Northwest?

Contact details for Purdue Northwest are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2200 169Th Street, Hammond, IN 46323
Phone:	219-989-2400
Website:	www.pnw.edu

How Do I Get Into Purdue Northwest?

You can apply to Purdue Northwest online at: www.pnw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/undergraduate/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Purdue Northwest

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Purdue Northwest?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Purdue Northwest. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 30%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 35%, and the acceptance rate for women is 27%.

Average Test Scores

About 75% of students accepted to Purdue Northwest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 570.

Purdue Northwest received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Purdue University Northwest?

The overall average net price of Purdue Northwest is $22,558. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Purdue Northwest, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,544 a year. That adds up to $22,176 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Purdue Northwest is 5.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Purdue University Northwest Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,539 undergraduate students at Purdue Northwest, with 5,199 being full-time and 3,340 being part-time.

There are also 824 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,199 full-time undergraduates at Purdue Northwest, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University Northwest students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	126
Black or African American	523
Hispanic or Latino	1,244
White	2,961
International Students	121
Other Races/Ethnicities	224

Online Learning at Purdue University Northwest

In 2019-2020, 6,058 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purdue Northwest has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Purdue Northwest

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Purdue University Northwest was $7,942 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $14,734. The following table shows how Purdue Northwest is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Resource Management	#19	#37
Engineering-Related Fields	#19	#22
Engineering Technologies	#28	#28
Nursing	#73	#112
Education	#74	#117

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Purdue Northwest majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
English Language & Literature	23%
General English Literature	23%
Human Resource Management	11%

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Purdue University Northwest Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	581	1	50	1	633
Business Administration & Management	0	46	0	56	0	102
Communication & Media Studies	0	64	0	11	0	75
Accounting	0	56	0	17	0	73
General Biology	0	58	0	13	0	71
Mechanical Engineering	0	54	0	12	0	66
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	62	0	0	0	62
Electrical Engineering	0	25	0	34	0	59
General Psychology	0	57	0	0	0	57
Engineering-Related Fields	0	7	10	37	0	54
Mechanical Engineering Technology	0	53	0	0	0	53
Computer Science	0	30	0	19	0	49
General English Literature	14	27	0	7	0	48
Human Resource Management	1	46	0	0	0	47
General Education	0	0	1	45	0	46
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	44	0	0	0	44
Marketing	0	42	0	0	0	42
Computer Information Systems	0	42	0	0	0	42
Finance & Financial Management	0	37	0	0	0	37
Hospitality Management	9	23	0	0	0	32
Sociology	0	31	0	0	0	31
Construction Engineering Technology	0	30	0	0	0	30
History	0	25	0	2	0	27
Civil Engineering	0	26	0	0	0	26
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	21	0	0	0	21
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	20	0	0	0	20
Health Sciences & Services	0	19	0	0	0	19
Human Development & Family Studies	1	17	0	0	0	18
Mathematics	0	16	0	1	0	17
Computer Software & Applications	0	14	0	2	0	16
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	13	0	0	0	13
Computer Engineering	0	13	0	0	0	13
Behavioral Science	0	12	0	0	0	12
Social Work	0	12	0	0	0	12
Political Science & Government	0	11	0	0	0	11
Computer Systems Analysis	0	10	0	0	0	10
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
Chemistry	1	5	0	0	0	6
General Engineering	0	0	0	5	0	5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	4	0	0	0	4
Health & Physical Education	0	4	0	0	0	4
Physics	0	4	0	0	0	4
Entrepreneurial Studies	1	2	0	0	0	3
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	2	0	0	2
Philosophy	0	1	0	0	0	1
General Physical Sciences	0	1	0	0	0	1
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	0
Architectural Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	27	1,671	14	311	1	2,024

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.