Purdue University-Main Campus
Purdue publishes 43% (Fall 2025 entering class). College of Pharmacy applicants got in at 74%; professional flight technology (flight) at 7.7%.
Acceptance rate
What Purdue's 43% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Purdue reports itself.
By college or major
Fall 2025 entering class (first-time, first-year applicants, Purdue West Lafayette)
Read the full decomposition →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Purdue accepts SAT, ACT, or CLT scores if submitted, with no preference on which test, and evaluates them as one holistic factor when provided — scores are not mandated for review.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1200–1480sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–34
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 44,503
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $28,794
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.purdue.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- Purdue test policy (2026-27)
- Purdue deadlines
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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