Purdue highlights year’s success in financial stability and capital project investments

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s main campus finished fiscal year 2025 with a strong financial result, with a positive operating margin of 4.7% that contributes to enabling major new constructions or renovations of facilities. While higher education in the U.S. is in general facing operating budget deficit and significant financial uncertainties, Purdue continues to be sturdy.

At the annual metrics report presented Friday (Aug. 8) to trustees by Purdue President Mung Chiang, Purdue is also highlighted as one of only two among the 18 Big Ten universities raising employee salaries at a rate higher than tuition. The positive gap between those two factors is the most of any Big Ten peer. And over the last 12 years, that difference has climbed to 35%.

Across major facilities projects that concluded or started in 2025, Purdue allocated $1.5 billion to capital projects, including $657 million for student success efforts and more than $660 million for its four strategic universitywide initiatives: Purdue University in Indianapolis ($187 million), the Mitch Daniels School of Business ($168 million), Purdue Computes ($101 million) and One Health ($205 million).

About Purdue University

Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 107,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 58,000 at our main campus in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap — including its comprehensive urban expansion, the Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue Computes and the One Health initiative — at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.