Is it worth studying at Purdue University?

Story

The university was founded with the donation of $ 150,000 from John Purdue, a Lafayette business leader and philanthropist, along with $ 50,000 from Tippecanoe County, and 150 acres (0.6 km²) of land from Lafayette's residents to support the project . In 1869, it was decided that the new school would be built near the town of Lafayette and established itself as Purdue University on behalf of the institution's chief benefactor.

Profile

Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, IN. Its students have access to more than 200 majors across 13 schools. It has particularly strong academics in STEM and agriculture. Purdue offered the first four-year bachelor's’ degree in aviation, established a university airport and has graduated 24 astronauts, including Neil Armstrong. The English department at Purdue developed the first online writing lab (OWL) in 1994, a resource students across the nation use when writing papers. In a controversial move, in 2017 Purdue President Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana, spearheaded the purchase of for-profit Kaplan University to extend Purdue’s reach into online education. Tuition has been frozen at 2012-13 levels through at least 2019-20.A member of the Big Ten Conference, Purdue has 18 NCAA Division I sports teams and more than 900 student organizations. Purdue tradition dictates that students walking on any sidewalk that crosses Memorial Hall must smile and say hello to everyone they meet.

Student Demographics

• Purdue has been co-educational since 1876.
• Of Purdue's total enrollment (41,000), approximately 41.9% are female.
• Students from the State of Indiana make up 59% of Purdue's student body.
• Ninety-six percent of Purdue's students are also undergraduates between the ages of 17-25.
• Approximately 13.7% are American students of color.
• Purdue students travel abroad to more than 30 countries.
• Purdue has students from every state in the nation and from 130 countries (including: People's Republic of China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Colombia).
• International students comprise at least 12.8% of the Purdue student body.
• Purdue's culturally diverse student body can be seen through its over 600 student organizations which include: Adult Students' Association of Purdue; Egyptian Student Association; Indonesian Students Association; Amigos Hermanos Hispanos; Asian American Association; Purdue Queer Student Union; Chinese Student Choir; Amnesty International; B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation; Baha'i Club; Episcopal Student Association; Mennonite Student Fellowship; Pan-Orthodox Students; Feminist Union; University Church; Muslim Student Association; Indian Classical Music Association; Russian Club, Association for Women Students; Hui Na Opio O Hawai'i; Friends of Palestine Club; African Students Association; and many others.
  more ...

2019 Rankings

Purdue University--West Lafayette is ranked #56 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

#56 (tie) in National Universities

#28 (tie) in Best Colleges for Veterans

#21 (tie) in Best Undergraduate Teaching

University website : https://www.purdue.edu/

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

More : https://www.forbes.com/colleges/purdue-university/

More: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/purdue-university-west-lafayette-1825

More: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_de_Purdue