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 four colleges, four schools, and one division, with 32 total departments
• College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science
  • School of Polytechnic
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Science
• College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • School of Music
• Division of Continuing Studies
• Richard T. Doermer School of Business
• School of Education
• Hosts 14 Centers of Excellence that integrate teaching, research, and service to the community

Students and Alumni

Undergraduate Enrollment

• Degree-seeking: 5,708
• Non-degree-seeking: 2,060

Graduate Enrollment

• Degree-seeking: 517 
• Non-degree-seeking: 13

Total Enrollment: 8,298   

• Top 10% of high school class: 13.2% 
• Top 20% of high school class: 30.1%
• Top 50% of high school class: 74.8% 
• First-generation college students: 51.2%
• Number of international students: 279
• Countries represented by international students: 61

Degrees Granted

Degrees and certificates awarded 2020–21

• Certificates: 97
• Associate: 47
• Bachelor’s: 1,106 
• Master’s: 219
• Total: 1,469 

Degrees and certificates awarded since 1968: 78,098*
*As of 9/23/2021

Enrollment

by Race/Ethnicity

• American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.2% 
• Asian: 4.9% 
• Black: 6.6% 
• Hispanic or Latino: 8.5%
• International: 4.5%
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Other: 0.2%
• Two or more races: 4.2% 
• White: 70.8% 

by Area (degree-seeking students)

• Doermer School of Business: 16.9% 
• College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science: 25.7% 
• College of Liberal Arts: 12.1% 
• College of Science: 18.0% 
• College of Visual and Performing Arts: 9.5% 
• School of Education: 11.9%
• Unit of Affiliated Programs: 5.8%

Total Credit Hours: 87,504 

Alumni

• 62,334 alumni
• Class of 2019: 91% live and work in Indiana, 85% in northeast Indiana

Class Size

• Classes with fewer than 40 students: 95%
• Average undergraduate class size: 19
• Average graduate class size: 11
• Student-to-faculty ratio: 16:1

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
• Classes taught by faculty rather than graduate or teaching assistants: 94%