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Purdue Comparisons

West Lafayette, Indiana

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with Indiana Public Colleges

I
Indiana University Bloomington

$294 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


B
Ball State University

$1,284 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

$746 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

$1,903 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Southern Indiana

$623 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Indiana Private Colleges

N
University of Notre Dame

$50,076 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$33,752 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$33,682 higher in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$44,682 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$41,243 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


H
Holy Cross College

$23,782 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Mary's College

$39,162 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


W
Wabash College

$36,882 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$39,500 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

M
University of Michigan

$6,686 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


S
Michigan State University

$5,474 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$1,807 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$445 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$1,614 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$4,624 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$2,756 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$1,252 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Iowa

$1,007 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$1,780 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$734 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Northern Iowa

$1,607 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$1,028 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$22 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

V
Vanderbilt University

$48,412 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$51,461 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$52,673 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Chicago

$38,382 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Belmont University

$28,282 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$49,702 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$36,452 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$36,142 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$32,272 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$51,322 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$51,388 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


F
Fisk University

$11,882 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$50,282 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


G
Grinnell College

$51,270 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$56,522 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


H
Hope College

$28,272 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$40,082 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$38,952 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


L
Lipscomb University

$24,586 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$35,772 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


C
Calvin College

$28,652 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$47,332 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$38,796 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$34,883 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


K
Kalamazoo College

$46,283 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


K
Kettering University

$34,662 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$25,762 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$46,092 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$43,892 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$24,780 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$25,642 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


A
Andrews University

$21,746 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$38,352 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Wesleyan University

$39,544 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$37,792 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$42,282 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


T
Transylvania University

$32,182 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


U
Union University

$25,782 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


W
Wittenberg University

$32,542 higher in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$43,949 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$20,962 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


W
Walsh University

$21,702 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


F
Franciscan University of Steubenville

$20,902 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


A
Asbury University

$22,860 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


A
Aquinas College

$11,632 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$42,743 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$19,872 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
University of Florida

$5,241 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Austin

$1,980 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Los Angeles

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


C
Clemson University

$4,400 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$72 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$2,699 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$2,386 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$1,382 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$23 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$1,471 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$3,183 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$7,262 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$2,648 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$2,648 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$6,468 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$10,042 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$3,976 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$4,846 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$3,182 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$4,288 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$5,954 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$886 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate