Data

Purdue U.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 5,131 | 4,598 | 4,550 | 4,761 | 4,720 | 5,080 | 4,950 | 4,758 | 4,655 | 4,554 |
Male | 3,288 | 2,901 | 2,979 | 3,040 | 2,989 | 3,222 | 3,211 | 3,041 | 2,976 | 2,938 |
Female | 1,843 | 1,697 | 1,571 | 1,721 | 1,731 | 1,858 | 1,739 | 1,717 | 1,679 | 1,616 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,201 | 2,189 | 1,988 | 2,066 | 2,079 | 2,249 | 2,154 | 2,193 | 2,226 | 2,215 |
Hispanic or Latino | 210 | 218 | 175 | 167 | 157 | 150 | 141 | 128 | 121 | 118 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,934 | 1,918 | 1,762 | 1,847 | 1,873 | 2,049 | 1,950 | 2,004 | 2,042 | 2,022 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Asian | 254 | 206 | 203 | 184 | 181 | 194 | 184 | 161 | 163 | 145 |
Black or African American | 94 | 106 | 92 | 83 | 87 | 106 | 94 | 105 | 109 | 118 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
White | 1,492 | 1,506 | 1,394 | 1,492 | 1,527 | 1,656 | 1,593 | 1,667 | 1,705 | 1,699 |
More than one race | 78 | 87 | 62 | 75 | 66 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 52 | 48 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 57 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 75 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,930 | 2,409 | 2,562 | 2,695 | 2,641 | 2,831 | 2,796 | 2,565 | 2,429 | 2,339 |
Science and engineering | 4,808 | 4,319 | 4,305 | 4,407 | 4,386 | 4,718 | 4,630 | 4,436 | 4,352 | 4,227 |
Science | 2,254 | 2,099 | 1,762 | 2,120 | 2,105 | 2,367 | 2,432 | 2,297 | 2,267 | 2,239 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 219 | 205 | 130 | 180 | 196 | 207 | 200 | 192 | 193 | 203 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 413 | 380 | 291 | 421 | 403 | 475 | 491 | 480 | 480 | 486 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 69 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 86 |
Computer and information sciences | 494 | 347 | 377 | 346 | 335 | 390 | 446 | 388 | 267 | 230 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 59 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 55 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 67 | 69 | 38 | 67 | 59 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 73 | 66 |
Mathematics and statistics | 234 | 264 | 228 | 289 | 255 | 236 | 230 | 244 | 256 | 243 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 60 | 59 | 43 | 59 | 59 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 106 | 118 | 46 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 |
Physical sciences | 455 | 423 | 324 | 442 | 429 | 523 | 539 | 453 | 467 | 457 |
Social sciences | 202 | 231 | 281 | 254 | 302 | 280 | 265 | 270 | 320 | 351 |
Engineering | 2,554 | 2,220 | 2,543 | 2,287 | 2,281 | 2,351 | 2,198 | 2,139 | 2,085 | 1,988 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 311 | 304 | 329 | 255 | 282 | 325 | 290 | 267 | 282 | 240 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 137 | 134 | 89 | 104 | 95 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 74 | 74 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 196 | 178 | 143 | 201 | 161 | 151 | 143 | 127 | 126 | 121 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 274 | 234 | 273 | 256 | 253 | 239 | 291 | 291 | 266 | 284 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 400 | 301 | 477 | 357 | 333 | 330 | 337 | 365 | 365 | 316 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 179 | 134 | 183 | 182 | 185 | 219 | 149 | 117 | 95 | 98 |
Mechanical engineering | 600 | 529 | 438 | 519 | 541 | 485 | 430 | 409 | 413 | 407 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 145 | 156 | 117 | 172 | 147 | 136 | 94 | 85 | 81 | 74 |
Other engineering | 312 | 250 | 494 | 241 | 284 | 374 | 379 | 403 | 383 | 374 |
Health | 323 | 279 | 245 | 354 | 334 | 362 | 320 | 322 | 303 | 327 |
Clinical medicine | 64 | 34 | 53 | 49 | 47 | 21 | 27 | . | . | . |
Other health | 259 | 245 | 192 | 305 | 287 | 341 | 293 | 322 | 303 | 327 |
NOTES:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).