By the Numbers
About Purdue Fort Wayne
- Established in 1964 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Chancellor: Ronald L. Elsenbaumer
Largest university in northeast IndianaCampus is 595 acres (241 hectares) with 53 buildings and structures and 3,138,330 square feet of building space- Offers more than 200 academic options
- Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
- Colleges, schools, and programs have acquired additional accreditation
- Academically composed of five colleges, three schools, and one division, with 32 total departments
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science
- College of Visual and Performing Arts
- College of Professional Studies
- Richard T. Doermer School of Business
- Division of Continuing Studies
- Hosts 14 Centers of Excellence that integrate teaching, research, and service to the community
Students and Alumni
Undergraduate Enrollment
- Degree-seeking: 5,338
- Non-degree-seeking: 2,789
Graduate Enrollment
- Degree-seeking: 475
- Non-degree-seeking: 13
Total Enrollment: 8,615
- Top 10% of high school class: 13.1%
- Top 20% of high school class: 28.9%
- Top 50% of high school class: 71.5%
- First-generation college students: 51.2%
- Number of international students: 214
- Countries represented by international students: 50
Degrees Granted
Degrees and certificates awarded 2019–20
- Certificates: 60
- Associate: 59
- Bachelor’s: 1,238
- Master’s: 191
- Total: 1,548
Degrees and certificates awarded since 1968: 77,158*
*As of 2/1/2021
Enrollment
by Race/Ethnicity
- American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 3.7%
- Black: 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino: 7.3%
- International: 3.3%
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.03%
- Other: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 3.6%
- White: 61.5%
by Area (degree-seeking students)
- College of Arts and Sciences: 27.3%
- College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science: 21.3%
- College of Professional Studies: 14.2%
- College of Visual and Performing Arts: 8.4%
- Doermer School of Business: 13.6%
- Unit of Affiliated Programs: 0.6%
Total Credit Hours: 78,831
Alumni
- 62,334 alumni
- Class of 2019: 91% live and work in Indiana, 85% in northeast Indiana
Faculty and Staff
- Faculty (tenured, tenure-track, continuing lecturers, clinical professors): 318
- Lecturers (limited and continuing): 469
- Administrative: 317
- Clerical/Services (temps, custodial, techs): 398
Tuition, Gifts, and Finance
Undergraduate Resident and Ohio Reciprocity Cost of Attendance
- Tuition and Fees: $8,730
- Housing*: $5,248
- Food*: $3,517
- Transportation*: $1,339
- Books and Supplies*: $1,240
- Miscellaneous*: $2,170
- Total: $22,244
Nonresident undergraduate total cost of attendance: $34,475
Undergraduate Midwest Student Exchange Program total cost of attendance: $26,609
International undergraduate total cost of attendance: $35,235
* Actual cost may vary based on student choice, travel habits, and academic major.
Graduate Student Cost of Attendance
- Resident total cost of attendance: $19,255
- Nonresident total cost of attendance: $26,509
- International total cost of attendance: $27,022
Gifts and Endowments
- Total number of endowments: 228
- Total market value of endowments: $58,476,662
- New endowments established in FY 2020: 6
- Gifts: $4,679,393
Grants and Contracts Awarded
- $2.21 million
Finance
- Annual expenditures (2019–20): $162,728,634
- Past 10 years of capital project revenue: $111,301,054
- Past 5 years of capital project revenue: $49,409,240
Athletics
- NCAA: Division I
- Conference: Horizon League and Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
- Number of teams: 16
- Number of student-athletes: 244
- Average GPA: 3.31
- Student-athletes with a 3.0 or higher GPA: 75%