Purdue University Fort Wayne Trade Programs

Purdue University Fort Wayne is a public institution situated in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Purdue University Fort Wayne?

Contact details for PFW are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
Phone:	260-481-4739
Website:	www.pfw.edu

Can I Afford PFW?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time PFW students paid $300 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $719 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,815	$20,403
Fees	$1,170	$1,170
Books and Supplies	$1,240	$1,240
On Campus Room and Board	$10,111	$10,111
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,502	$3,502

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 PFW, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,158 a year. That adds up to $20,632 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PFW is 2.6%. 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 Fort Wayne Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,768 undergraduate students at PFW, with 4,752 being full-time and 3,016 being part-time.

There are also 530 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,752 full-time undergraduates at PFW, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University Fort Wayne students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	241
Black or African American	306
Hispanic or Latino	441
White	3,390
International Students	147
Other Races/Ethnicities	227

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Purdue University Fort Wayne. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Purdue University Fort Wayne

In 2020-2021, 3,560 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PFW has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of PFW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Purdue University Fort Wayne was 11.8%. This is the #1,163 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PFW regardless of major.

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%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

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