{"id":5442,"date":"2023-09-14T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:44:16","slug":"purdue-welcomes-its-most-selective-incoming-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-welcomes-its-most-selective-incoming-class","title":{"rendered":"Purdue welcomes its most selective incoming class"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

Purdue University is welcoming its most selective class of incoming students for the 2023-24 academic year, marking a ninth consecutive record-breaking year of undergraduate applicants and enrollments, and another overall record for the number of graduate and undergraduate students. This year\u2019s incoming undergraduate class was selected at a 50% admission rate \u2014 3 percentage points lower than last year \u2014 from among 72,800 applicants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThe Class of 2027 is the most selective drawn from the largest pool of undergraduate applicants since the Common App was used at Purdue,\u201d said Purdue President Mung Chiang. \u201cWe also welcome master\u2019s and doctorate students who are arriving to the largest graduate student enrollment on record. Excellence at scale is truly reflected in our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Propelled by a string of strong rising national and global rankings reflecting its heightened academic profile, a sustained commitment to affordability from a dozen years of frozen tuition, and the resultant record applicant numbers, total enrollment at Purdue\u2019s West Lafayette campus has reached an all-time high of 52,211 students this semester, including 47,889 in residence at West Lafayette. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driven by scholarly excellence, this figure includes a record 39,170 undergraduates from all 50 states and over 120 countries as well as 12,136 graduate students, the most ever, pursuing advanced degrees \u2014 up 42% over the past decade. Another 905 students are pursuing professional degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate applications increased nearly 7% this year to 72,800 \u2014 and have surged 82% from 40,025 since 2013 when Common App was adopted. That has powered a 34% jump in total undergraduate enrollment since the 2014-15 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As West Lafayette student numbers approach a plateau and construction begins on new student housing projects recently approved by Purdue\u2019s Board of Trustees, this year\u2019s incoming class of undergraduate beginners is 9,285 \u2014 intentionally smaller than the record incoming class of 10,191 set in 2021. On average, this year\u2019s incoming student reports a 3.78 GPA, its highest level in 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity Patrick Wolfe said, \u201cOur decade-long push to enhance scholarly excellence at Purdue while maintaining affordability and access has proved a winning strategy. I\u2019m especially proud that our enrollment of students from underrepresented groups has reached its highest count and proportion\u00a0\u2014 6,215, or 12% of total enrollment \u2014 in at least a decade. This reflects the strides being made by our faculty through Purdue\u2019s $75 million Equity Task Force initiative,\u00a0launched in 2020<\/a>\u00a0by our Board of Trustees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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