General Health & Wellness at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a health and wellness school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and wellness program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health & Wellness section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

Purdue General Health & Wellness Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and wellness progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health and wellness major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	12
	21
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	55
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	62
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	111
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	145

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and wellness majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of health and wellness bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health and wellness at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in health and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in health and wellness. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Community Health Workers	1,630	$42,000

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.