Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, Indiana
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 30,828 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 285 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 78 finishedGraduates here earned $38,555 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
- Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 239 finishedGraduates here earned $56,361 a year after finishingNationally: $60,798
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 74 finishedGraduates here earned $23,111 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 128 finishedGraduates here earned $87,219 a year after finishingNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's degree · 356 finishedGraduates here earned $67,807 a year after finishingNationally: $70,762
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 93 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Information Science/StudiesBachelor's degree · 61 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $65,798
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsBachelor's degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,944
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 741 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 398 finishedGraduates here earned $45,650 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 338 finishedGraduates here earned $78,740 a year after finishingNationally: $69,677
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherCertificate · 661 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,671
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 121 finishedGraduates here earned $34,235 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 486 finishedGraduates here earned $34,120 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's degree · 659 finishedGraduates here earned $53,052 a year after finishingNationally: $50,300
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $28,160 a year after finishingNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $42,459 a year after finishingNationally: $41,377
- Legal Support ServicesBachelor's degree · 125 finishedGraduates here earned $42,476 a year after finishingNationally: $43,568
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationBachelor's degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,780
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 276 finishedGraduates here earned $46,848 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 290 finishedGraduates here earned $53,938 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 385 finishedGraduates here earned $51,686 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $71,279 a year after finishingNationally: $62,186
- Fire ProtectionBachelor's degree · 92 finishedGraduates here earned $75,238 a year after finishingNationally: $80,581
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 73 finishedGraduates here earned $74,441 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 147 finishedGraduates here earned $87,065 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (24)
- Behavioral SciencesCertificate · 263 finishedNationally: $30,135
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2,504 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 341 finishedGraduates here earned $57,740 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 250 finishedGraduates here earned $43,999 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyCertificateNationally: $41,337
- CriminologyAssociate degree · 4 finishedGraduates here earned $41,325 a year afterNationally: $41,236
- Data AnalyticsCertificate · 27 finished
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition ServicesCertificate · 262 finishedNationally: $44,604
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 51 finishedNationally: $43,067
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 20 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 203 finishedNationally: $37,910
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 217 finishedGraduates here earned $42,367 a year afterNationally: $38,650
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 127 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $32,242 a year afterNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 80 finishedGraduates here earned $38,317 a year afterNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $35,042
- MarketingCertificate · 30 finishedNationally: $43,966
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 76 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Operations ResearchCertificate · 0 finished
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCertificate · 61 finishedNationally: $42,034
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Research and Experimental PsychologyCertificateNationally: $36,787
- Social Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $29,150
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,956per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $19,551sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $10,095Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 46%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 38%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,8986 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,32210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $25,625federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 39%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Purdue University Global, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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