Purdue University Northwest Business Programs
Purdue University Northwest is a public institution located in Hammond, Indiana. The suburban atmosphere of Hammond makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.
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Purdue University Northwest Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Purdue Northwest.
Rank | Ranking Name | Share |
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#59 | Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Purdue Northwest has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#27 | Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management | College Factual |
#53 | Best Value Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | College Factual |
#86 | Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management | College Factual |
#97 | Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing | College Factual |
#117 | Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting | College Factual |
#164 | Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing | College Factual |
Where Is Purdue University Northwest?
Contact details for Purdue Northwest are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 2200 169Th Street, Hammond, IN 46323 |
Phone: | 219-989-2400 |
Website: | www.pnw.edu |
How Do I Get Into Purdue Northwest?
You can apply to Purdue Northwest online at: www.pnw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/undergraduate/how-to-apply
Admission Requirements for Purdue Northwest
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | considered but not required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Purdue Northwest?
Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 35%, and the acceptance rate for women is 27%.
Average Test Scores
About 75% of students accepted to Purdue Northwest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 570.
Can I Afford Purdue University Northwest?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Purdue Northwest, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,544 a year. That adds up to $22,176 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Purdue Northwest is 5.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Purdue University Northwest Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 824 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 5,199 full-time undergraduates at Purdue Northwest, 48% are male and 52% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University Northwest students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 126 |
Black or African American | 523 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1,244 |
White | 2,961 |
International Students | 121 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 224 |
Online Learning at Purdue University Northwest
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purdue Northwest has changed over the last few years.
This school is the 17th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Affordability Rankings of Purdue Northwest
During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Purdue University Northwest was $7,942 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $14,734. The following table shows how Purdue Northwest is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.
Major | Tuition for In-State Students | Tuition for Out-of-State Students |
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General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | #13 | #34 |
Organizational Leadership | #19 | #33 |
Human Resource Management | #19 | #37 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Purdue University Northwest Business Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
Major | Basic Certificate | Bachelor’s | Master’s | TOTAL |
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General Business Administration and Management | 0 | 43 | 56 | 99 |
Accounting | 0 | 56 | 17 | 73 |
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | 0 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 0 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
Finance | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
General Hospitality Administration/Management | 2 | 23 | 0 | 25 |
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Other Hospitality Administration/Management | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Organizational Leadership | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Entrepreneurship | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Other Human Resources Management and Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Operations Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
General Business/Commerce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Management Information Systems and Services | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
General Management Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 11 | 273 | 73 | 357 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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