Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University-Main Campus admitted 37,881 of 87,220 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (43.4%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Purdue University-Main Campus
Three things Purdue University-Main Campus published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Purdue University-Main Campus files the essay under “very important”.
That is the top of the scale the form offers, and the only other factors this school puts there are Course rigor and GPA.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Purdue University-Main Campus files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 84% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
3,916 admitted from a waitlist of 8,981.
4,047 students accepted a place on that list, and 3,916 were admitted from it, 96.8% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
43.4%
37,881 admitted of 87,220 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1220–1470
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
28–34
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.81
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
84%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
23%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Purdue University-Main Campus?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Purdue University-Main Campus says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Interview
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 8,981
- Accepted the place
- 4,047
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 3,916
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $14,600 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $5,098
- $30k–$48k
- $6,241
- $48k–$75k
- $9,438
- $75k–$110k
- $18,177
- Over $110k
- $22,742
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Purdue University-Main Campus applicants
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Indiana
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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Build the list this school belongs on.
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