Purdue University Fort Wayne
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 9.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 111 Title IV programs, 31 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 80 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing31 · 27.9%
- No Data80 · 72.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 14
Action history · 17
- Jul 2025Initial AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Aug 2022Removal of Monitoring StatusAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Feb 2022Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Jul 2021Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,477 students received $14.0M in Pell grants, alongside $15.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,121 borrowers who entered repayment, 57 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Purdue University Fort Wayne
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus9
Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Building D1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Building E2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Building E2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Building C2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Building C2 firesOtherDamage $1,000-$9,999
- Building L1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Building M1 fireOtherDamage $1,000-$9,999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Purdue University Fort Wayne vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Purdue University Fort Wayne selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPurdue University Fort Wayne | 36% | — | 7,206 | $13,171 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 40% | 83.8% | 4,631 | $8,653 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 39% | 84.5% | 3,736 | $7,888 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 65% | 82.3% | 10,049 | $16,550 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 57% | 91.8% | 8,233 | $14,559 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 53% | 84.0% | 7,409 | $14,085 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 47% | 84.0% | 7,308 | $13,628 |
Institutions like Purdue University Fort Wayne
Explore the federal data for institutions in Purdue University Fort Wayne's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsIndiana
Indiana University-South Bend
Grad rate40%Admit rate83.8%Enrollment4,631Net price$8,653View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsIndiana
Indiana University-Southeast
Grad rate39%Admit rate84.5%Enrollment3,736Net price$7,888View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Grad rate65%Admit rate82.3%Enrollment10,049Net price$16,550View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Grad rate57%Admit rate91.8%Enrollment8,233Net price$14,559View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsMichigan
Northern Michigan University
Grad rate53%Admit rate84.0%Enrollment7,409Net price$14,085View data
Purdue University Fort Wayne Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- George BlanchardResearch Analyst, Institutional Research and Analysis
Common Data Set
Purdue University Fort Wayne's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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