Purdue Comparisons

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West Lafayette, IN
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Compare with Indiana Public Colleges

Compare with Indiana Public Colleges for Purdue University Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	$2,152 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ball State University Muncie, IN	$1,090 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Indiana University Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	$770 higher in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN	$460 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN	$74 higher in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Indiana Private Colleges

Compare with Indiana Private Colleges for Purdue University Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$55,033 higher in-state tuition	39% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Butler University Indianapolis, IN	$37,568 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$49,078 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$48,657 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Taylor University Upland, IN	$30,498 higher in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Purdue University Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$7,744 higher in-state tuition	34% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$6,466 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$3,252 higher in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI	$1,611 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, TN	$3,820 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Miami University Oxford Oxford, OH	$8,169 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL	$6,012 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	$4,346 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$1,291 higher in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Cincinnati Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	$3,984 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Missouri Columbia Columbia, MO	$4,845 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Truman State University Kirksville, MO	$154 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	$4,992 higher in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Purdue University Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$57,506 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$60,670 higher in-state tuition	46% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$58,330 higher in-state tuition	42% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	$43,718 higher in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
DePaul University Chicago, IL	$36,007 higher in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Belmont University Nashville, TN	$32,548 higher in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	$55,798 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$39,148 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	$41,178 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$35,554 higher in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$56,616 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$57,374 higher in-state tuition	16% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fisk University Nashville, TN	$15,866 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$57,008 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$58,114 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$61,528 higher in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Hope College Holland, MI	$31,978 higher in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	$45,768 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	$42,394 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	$30,580 higher in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
John Carroll University University Heights, OH	$40,508 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	$29,358 higher in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$51,648 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	$40,488 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	$51,058 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kettering University Flint, MI	$38,478 higher in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	$29,808 higher in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Beloit College Beloit, WI	$50,894 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL	$47,712 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cedarville University Cedarville, OH	$27,158 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Centre College Danville, KY	$42,828 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH	$43,896 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Luther College Decorah, IA	$42,128 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	$46,410 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Transylvania University Lexington, KY	$36,878 higher in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union University Jackson, TN	$30,033 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lawrence University Appleton, WI	$46,990 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Viterbo University La Crosse, WI	$24,258 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH	$24,108 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Knox College Galesburg, IL	$47,911 higher in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Berea College Berea, KY	$41,666 higher in-state tuition	31% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	$23,197 higher in-state tuition	29% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Purdue University Main Campus
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$3,611 lower in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$1,696 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$5,211 higher in-state tuition	41% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$1,458 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$10,652 higher in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$998 lower in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$5,956 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Irvine Irvine, CA	$5,730 higher in-state tuition	21% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$1,817 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Washington Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$2,981 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$1,193 lower in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$6,355 higher in-state tuition	39% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$6,422 higher in-state tuition	17% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$11,811 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$3,934 higher in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	$5,674 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$2,066 higher in-state tuition	36% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	$6,766 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$939 higher in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$7,780 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$11,934 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$7,937 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$7,222 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$2,610 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$11,052 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	$894 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Data source: NCES / IPEDS https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=243780.

Last updated: August 2026