General Education at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at Purdue University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 general education majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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

Purdue General Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in General Education (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education
• Master’s Degree in General Education
• Doctorate Degree in General Education

Purdue General Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general education programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general education major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. 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
	2
Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools	2
Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools	3
Most Popular General Education Basic Certificate Schools	4
Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
	10
Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools	36
Most Focused General Education Graduate Certificate Schools	40
Most Popular General Education Master’s Degree Schools	42
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
	136
Most Focused General Education Master’s Degree Schools	215
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
Most Focused General Education Schools	262

In 2021, 116 students received their master’s degree in general education from Purdue. This makes it the #42 most popular school for general education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 24 students who received their doctoral degrees in general education, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Education Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general education majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in general education from Purdue in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical general education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 26% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general education 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 general education.

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

Purdue General Education Master’s Program

Of the 116 general education students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a general education master's degree from Purdue, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	95
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in general education. In 2021, 24 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general education 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
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110

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.