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Information Technology at Purdue University Northwest

Information Technology at Purdue University Northwest

If you plan to study information technology, take a look at what Purdue University Northwest has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and has a total student population of 9,363.

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

Purdue Northwest Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Purdue Northwest Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Purdue Northwest is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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.

IT Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Purdue University Northwest.

Purdue Northwest Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

26% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in it at Purdue Northwest 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 Northwest with a bachelor's in it.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 19
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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 Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Software Applications Developers 9,770 $88,570
Computer Systems Analysts 9,760 $79,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,860 $124,490
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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