Trustees approve 2027 budget, maintaining frozen base tuition for main campus, further strategic investments

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Highlighted by the previously approved tuition freeze and further strategic investments — while operating within a structurally balanced framework — the Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (June 5) adopted the university’s operating budget for fiscal year 2027.

Tuition and mandatory fees will remain frozen for all undergraduate students at Purdue’s main campus (West Lafayette and Indianapolis) for the 14th consecutive year, which was approved in June 2025 — in particular keeping base undergraduate tuition and fees for Indiana residents under $10,000 per year. Tuition and mandatory fees for Indiana residents at Purdue Fort Wayne and Purdue Northwest will also be frozen for 2026-27. Rates for out-of-state and international students at the regional campuses will increase by 3%.

Systemwide revenues are budgeted at $3.379 billion — a 0.9% increase compared with fiscal year 2026. The university will continue investing in initiatives that deliver meaningful benefits to students and the state of Indiana, including:

• One Health
• Purdue Computes
• Mitch Daniels School of Business
• Purdue University in Indianapolis program development
• Instructional capacity and support growth
• Student experience: South Hall opening
• Moveable Dream Hires program
• Employee compensation: 2% merit increase for main campus employees and employer coverage of medical and prescription benefit cost increases

Overall, revenues are expected to exceed the operating expenditure, with the difference used to support capital projects that are considered outside the operating budget.

Trustees endorsed the following total operating expenditures for fiscal year 2027:

• Main campus: $2.969 billion
• Purdue Fort Wayne: $168 million
• Purdue Northwest: $160 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 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations 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 integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative — at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.