Educational access is the founding premise for Purdue University. Established in 1869 under the Morrill Act of 1862, the University is a land-grant, state-assisted institution with its main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Named for its benefactor John Purdue, the University has gained a global reputation for quality, affordable education and as one of the nation's leading research institutions. Consistently ranked among the elite nationally and world-wide in programs such as science, agriculture, engineering, and business, Purdue's educational repertoire now includes more than 200 undergraduate majors and specializations and 80 graduate programs while serving nearly 74,000 students system-wide. Purdue¡¯s main campus is comprised of 13 schools and colleges -- Agriculture, Education, Engineering, Exploratory Studies, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts, Management, Pharmacy, Science, Technology, and Veterinary Medicine, Honors College as well as a Graduate School that oversees all graduate programs. A dynamic and affordable Purdue education is preparing tomorrow¡¯s leaders for a changing world.
Subject | Rank |
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Aerospace Engineering | 9 |
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | 14 |
Hospitality & Tourism Management | 21 |
Education | 27 |
Civil Engineering | 36 |
Management | 37 |
Computer Science & Engineering | 39 |
Food Science & Technology | 42 |
Undergraduate Programs |
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Accounting |
Acting |
Actuarial Science |
Advertising (See Public Relations and Rhetorical Advocacy) |
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering |
Aeronautical Engineering Technology |
African American Studies |
Agribusiness |
Agricultural Communication |
Agricultural Economics |
Agricultural Education |
Agricultural Engineering |
Agricultural Systems Management |
Air Traffic Control (See Aviation Management) |
American Studies |
Animal Sciences |
Anthropology |
Apparel Design and Technology |
Applied Exercise and Health |
Applied Meteorology and Climatology |
Art Education |
Art History |
Asian Studies |
Athletic Training |
Atmospheric Science/Meteorology |
Aviation Management |
Biochemistry |
Biological and Food Process Engineering |
Biological Engineering |
Biology |
Biology - Biochemistry |
Biology - Biology Education |
Biology - Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology |
Biology - Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Sciences |
Biology - Genetics |
Biology - Health and Disease |
Biology - Microbiology |
Biology - Neurobiology and Physiology |
Biomedical Engineering |
Brain and Behavioral Sciences |
Building Construction Management Technology |
Business (See Management) |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemistry |
Chemistry - American Chemical Society |
Chemistry - Biochemistry |
Chemistry - Chemistry Education |
Civil Engineering |
Classical Studies |
Communication, General |
Comparative Literature |
Computer and Information Technology |
Computer Engineering |
Computer Graphics Technology |
Computer Science |
Construction Engineering |
Corporate Communication |
Creative Writing |
Criminal Justice (See Law and Society) |
Crop Science |
Developmental and Family Science |
Dietetics |
Dietetics/Nutrition, Fitness, and Health (dual major) |
Early Childhood Education and Exceptional Needs |
Earth/Space Science Teaching |
Economics |
Electrical Engineering |
Electrical Engineering Technology |
Elementary Education |
Engineering/Technology Teacher Education |
English |
English Education |
Entomology |
Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering |
Environmental Geosciences |
Environmental Health Sciences |
Environmental Studies (See Pre-environmental Studies) |
Family and Consumer Sciences Education |
Farm Management |
Fashion Design (See Apparel Design and Technology) |
Film and Theatre Production |
Film and Video Studies |
Finance (See FInancial Counseling and Planning or Management) |
Financial Counseling and Planning |
Fine Arts |
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
Flight (Professional Flight Technology) |
Food Science |
Foods and Nutrition in Business |
Forestry |
French |
General Health Sciences |
Geology and Geophysics |
German |
Graphic Design (See Visual Communication Design) |
Health and Safety Education |
History |
Horticulture Science |
Hospitality and Tourism Management |
Human Relations Communication |
Human Resources (See Management or Organizational Leadership and Supervision) |
Human Services |
Industrial (Consumer Product) Design |
Industrial Distribution |
Industrial Engineering |
Industrial Management |
Industrial Technology |
Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies |
Interior (Space Planning) Design |
International Business (See Management) |
Italian Studies |
Japanese |
Jewish Studies |
Journalism (See Mass Communication) |
Landscape Architecture |
Law and Society |
Linguistics |
Management |
Manufacturing Engineering Technology |
Marketing (See Management or Public Relations and Rhetorical Advocacy) |
Mass Communication |
Materials Engineering |
Mathematics |
Mathematics Education |
Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanical Engineering Technology |
Medical Laboratory Sciences |
Medieval and Renaissance Studies |
Meteorology (See Applied Meteorology and Climatology or Atmospheric Science/Meteorology) |
Movement and Sport Sciences |
Multidisciplinary Engineering |
Natural Resources and Environmental Science |
Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making |
Nuclear Engineering |
Nursing |
Nutrition Science |
Nutrition, Fitness, and Health |
Occupational Health Sciences |
Organizational Leadership and Supervision |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Philosophy |
Photography and Related Media |
Physical Education |
Physics |
Physics Education |
Plant Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology |
Plant Science |
Political Science |
Pre-environmental Studies |
Predentistry |
Prelaw |
Premedicine |
Preoccupational Therapy |
Prepharmacy |
Prephysical Therapy |
Prephysician's Assistant |
Preveterinary Medicine |
Professional Writing |
Psychological Sciences |
Public Health Promotion |
Public Relations and Rhetorical Advocacy |
Radiological Health Sciences |
Religious Studies |
Retail Management |
Russian |
Sales and Marketing |
Selling and Sales Management |
Social Studies Education |
Sociology |
Soil and Hydrologic Sciences |
Spanish |
Special Education |
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences - Pre-research |
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences - Preprofessional |
Statistics - Applied Statistics |
Statistics with Mathematics Option |
Sustainable Agronomic Systems |
Technology Statewide Programs |
Theatre |
Theatre Design and Production |
Turf Science and Management |
Undecided Liberal Arts |
Undecided Science |
Undecided within Engineering |
Undergraduate Studies Program (for exploratory students) |
Veterinary Technician or Technologist |
Visual Communications Design |
Wildlife |
Women's Studies |
Wood Products Manufacturing Technology |
Zoology (See Wildlife) |
Graduate Programs |
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Aeronautics & Astronautics |
Agricultural & Biological Engineering |
Agricultural Economics |
Agronomy |
American Studies |
Animal Sciences |
Anthropology |
Art & Design |
Aviation Technology |
Basic Medical Sciences |
Biochemistry |
Biological Sciences |
Biomedical Engineering |
Botany & Plant Pathology |
Chemical Engineering |
Chemistry |
Child Development & Family Studies |
Civil Engineering |
Communication |
Comparative Literature |
Comparative Pathobiology |
Computational Life Sciences |
Computational Science & Engineering |
Computer and Information Technology |
Computer Graphics Technology |
Computer Sciences |
Consumer Sciences & Retailing |
Curriculum & Instruction |
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences |
Ecological Sciences & Engineering |
Economics |
Educational Studies |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Engineering Education |
English |
Entomology |
Food Science |
Foods & Nutrition |
Foreign Languages & Literatures |
Forestry & Natural Resources |
Gerontology |
Health & Kinesiology |
Health Sciences |
History |
Horticulture |
Hospitality & Tourism Management |
Industrial & Physical Pharmacy |
Industrial Engineering |
Industrial Technology |
Information Security |
Interdisciplinary Comparative Medicine |
Interdisciplinary Engineering (Distance Education) |
Linguistics |
Management - Executive |
Management - GISMA (Germany) |
Management - M.B.A. |
Management - M.S. Degree in Finance Program |
Management - M.S.I.A |
Management - Ph.D. |
Management - Weekend M.B.A. |
Materials Engineering |
Mathematics |
Mechanical Engineering |
Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
Nuclear Engineering |
Nursing |
Nutrition |
OBHR - M.S. Degree in Human Resources Management Program |
Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management - (OBHR) |
Pharmacy Practice |
Philosophy |
Philosophy & Literature |
Physics |
Political Science |
Psychological Sciences |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Biomolecular Structure and Biophysics |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Chemical Biology |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Chromatin and Gene Expression |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Integrative Neuroscience |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Integrative Plant Sciences |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Membrane Biology |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Microbiology |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Molecular Evolutionary Genetics |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology |
PULSe (Life Sciences)- Molecular Virology |
Sociology |
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences |
Statistics |
Theatre |
Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) |
Visual & Performing Arts -Art & Design |
Visual & Performing Arts -Theatre |
Youth Development & Agricultural Education |