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#23 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#105 Best Value Schools
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#9 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#43 Finance
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#19 Management Information Systems
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#4 Production / Operation Management
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#8 Quantitative Analysis
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#11 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#4 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#1 Biological / Agricultural
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#24 Biomedical
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#15 Chemical
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#5 Civil
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#10 Computer
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#9 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#11 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#3 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#12 Materials
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#8 Mechanical
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#30 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#6 Most Innovative Schools
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#270 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#18 Top Public Schools
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#20 Learning Communities
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#11 Co-ops/Internships
Purdue University--West Lafayette is ranked #57 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
61
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
100
Graduation and retention rank
88
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
78%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
92%
Social Mobility Rank
270
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
83%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
76%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.8
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
95
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
55
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
98%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
38.3%
Classes with 50 or more students
20%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
83
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1180-1410
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
46%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
93
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
38
Average alumni giving rate
18.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
