unitid 151102 · Fort Wayne, IN · public 4-year · city (large)
Purdue University Fort Wayne
- enrollment 2023
- 10,380
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
84%
51st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,484
54th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
25%
undergrads on Pell grants
28th pctl among public 4-years
completion
36%
finish within 150% time
30th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,183
49th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,171
after aid, aided students
53rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,872
after entry, Title IV students
37th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,306 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k26%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110k21%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $46,408
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,532
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, General. | 175 | $60,589 | $22,764 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 113 | $46,902 | $25,834 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 79 | $46,772 | $24,106 |
| Computer Science. | 67 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 59 | $53,439 | $24,696 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 55 | — | $20,487 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 50 | $118,697 | — |
| Computer Science. | 42 | — | $24,375 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 35 | $47,998 | $25,289 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 34 | $41,562 | $26,873 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 33 | — | — |
| Music. | 31 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.