Purdue University Northwest
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 10.4-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 83 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 55 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing26 · 31.3%
- No Data55 · 66.3%
- Failing2 · 2.4%
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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 · 7
Action history · 8
- Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (CLNUR) - Clinical Doctorate
- Dec 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Jul 2021Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Mar 2020Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
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, 2,582 students received $14.5M in Pell grants, alongside $15.6M 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 2,451 borrowers who entered repayment, 56 (2.2%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Northwest
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 · 10
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 campus3
Includes 1 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
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Purdue University Northwest vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Purdue University Northwest 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 Northwest | 43% | — | 9,051 | $6,079 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 48% | 95.8% | 9,488 | $12,923 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 47% | 65.3% | 8,505 | $12,786 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 58% | 55.6% | 8,104 | $9,492 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 71% | 75.5% | 10,446 | $16,210 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 45% | 71.2% | 6,332 | $12,937 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 48% | 71.2% | 8,778 | $12,855 |
Institutions like Purdue University Northwest
Explore the federal data for institutions in Purdue University Northwest's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIndiana
University of Southern Indiana
Grad rate48%Admit rate95.8%Enrollment9,488Net price$12,923View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIllinois
Eastern Illinois University
Grad rate47%Admit rate65.3%Enrollment8,505Net price$12,786View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMichigan
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Grad rate58%Admit rate55.6%Enrollment8,104Net price$9,492View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Grad rate71%Admit rate75.5%Enrollment10,446Net price$16,210View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsIllinois
Western Illinois University
Grad rate45%Admit rate71.2%Enrollment6,332Net price$12,937View data
Purdue University Northwest Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
We handle data management and reporting used to support university-level accountability, decision-making, planning and policy development.
Visit IR office page- Jeff SchiebDirector of Institutional Research
- Gillian LeonardDirector of Compliance and Data Governance
- Joe DominiakResearch Data Analyst
- Debra LenzoCourse Evaluation Specialist V
- Fanny IlievskiInstitutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Coordinator
- Michael RamosInstitutional Research and Reporting Analyst
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