Purdue Global is a public, nonprofit university focused on providing a personalized online learning experience. Learn more about our students and institution in the fact sheet infographic below. You can also review facts and statistics about our students in Indiana.
Purdue University Global delivers personalized online education tailored to the unique needs of adults who have work or life experience beyond the classroom, enabling them to develop essential academic and professional skills with the support and flexibility they need to achieve their career goals.
Percentage of students who:
Career outcomes rate is not the same as employment rate: it includes graduates who are employed (full or part time), participating in a program of voluntary service, serving in the military, or enrolled in a program of continuing education and may also include graduates employed in jobs unrelated to their degree or who were employed while attending Purdue Global.
Associate's Degree Career Outcomes Rate
Bachelor's Degree Career Outcomes Rate
Master's Degree Career Outcomes Rate
Knowledge Rate
Knowledge Rate depicts the percent of graduates for whom a career outcomes destination is known.
Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2018 and 2019. “First Destinations for the College Class of 2017 and 2018: Findings and Analysis.” Note: Purdue Global data are based on its submission to the 2018 NACE First Destination survey; “Career Outcomes Rate” is not the same as an “employment rate”—it includes graduates who are: (1) employed (whether full or part time); (2) participating in a program of voluntary service, (3) serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, or (4) enrolled in a program of continuing education. This rate may also include graduates employed in jobs unrelated to their degree or who were employed while attending Purdue Global. “Knowledge Rate” depicts the percent of graduates for whom a career outcomes destination is known. For further information on the “Career Outcomes Rate” or the “Knowledge Rate,” contact Purdue Global Career Services at careerservices@purdueglobal.edu. All figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage point and include data prior to the March 2018 purchase of Kaplan University by Purdue University and subsequent creation of Purdue University Global.
Source: Unless otherwise noted, data are from the Purdue Global Office of Reporting and Analysis, 2019–2020 academic year.
Source: Peregrine Academic Services, 2018. ACBSP, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. Note: these figures include data prior to the March 2018 purchase of Kaplan University by Purdue University and subsequent creation of Purdue University Global.
Students rated their overall experience and whether or not they would choose to attend Purdue Global again.
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Source: National Survey of Student Engagement, fall 2019.
Revised January 2021
