By the Numbers

About Purdue Fort Wayne

• Established in 1964 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Chancellor: Ronald L. Elsenbaumer
• Largest university in northeast Indiana
• Campus 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
  • School of Polytechnic
• College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • School of Music
• College of Professional Studies
  • School of Education
• 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