Purdue Global
#3509 / #919
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Adult-serving public university, part of Purdue University system
Purdue Global at a Glance
Reviewed by James A. Barham, PhD, Vice President and Academic Editor. Influence ranks come from our InfluenceRanking™ methodology; other figures come from federal data, with the year shown under each section. Report an error
Purdue Global Featured Rankings
- #1 Most Affordable Online Associate Degrees
- #1 Best Online Bachelor's in Cybersecurity in Indiana
- #2 Most Affordable Online Bachelor's Degrees
- #3 Most Affordable Online Master's Degrees
- #4 Online Associate in Human Services
- #4 1 Year Online Associate Programs
- #4 Online Associate in Early Childhood Education
- #4 Best Online MBAs Indiana
- #5 Best Online Associate Degree Programs in Indiana
- #5 Fastest Online Associate's of Business
- #5 Best Online Bachelor's in Cybersecurity in Illinois
- #5 10 Best Online Bachelor's of Forensic Psychology Degree Programs
- #5 Online Associate in Paralegal Studies
- #5 Online Colleges with Great Financial Aid
- #5 Online Associate in Accounting
- #6 Best Online MBA in Human Resources
- #6 Indiana's Best Online Colleges 2026
- #6 Online Master’s in Human Services
- #6 Most Affordable Online Colleges
- #6 Accelerated Online Bachelor's of Information Technology
- #7 Most Affordable Colleges in Indiana 2026
- #7 Best Public Colleges in Indiana
- #7 Indiana's Best Online Master's Degrees
- #8 Fastest Accelerated Online Bachelor's of Cybersecurity
- #9 Online Associate in Health Science
- #9 Online Associate in Business Management
- #9 Online Associate in Information Technology
- #10 Most Affordable Online PhDs
- #11 Online Bachelor’s in Human Services
- #11 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in Indiana
- #13 Online Bachelor’s in Law/Legal Studies
- #14 Most Affordable Accredited Online Schools
- #14 Online Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education
- #14 Online Bachelor’s in Healthcare Administration
- #14 20 Fastest Online Bachelor's of Nursing Degree Programs
- #17 Online Bachelor’s in Health Science
- #19 Online Master’s in Finance
- #20 Online Master’s in Project Management
- #28 Online Associate in Fire Science
About Purdue Global
According to Wikipedia, Purdue University Global, Inc. is part of the Purdue University system and is Purdue's online university for working adults. It is a public online university that operates as a public-benefit corporation. Formerly Kaplan University, its former owner, Graham Holdings Company, maintains an ongoing financial interest in Purdue Global's success.
Purdue Global's Online Degrees
Graduate Certificate in Accounting
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Human Resources
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Project Management
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Human Resources
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Management And Supervision Certificate In Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 36
- Format: Fully online
MS in Accounting
Degree Concentrations
- Public Accounting- CPA Track
- Private/ Corporate Accounting- CMA Track
- Tax
- Required Credits: 52
- Format: Fully online
MS in Finance
Degree Concentrations
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Planning
- Required Credits: 56
- Format: Fully online
MBA in Exceltrack™ Business Administration
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Business Administration
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
MBA in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
- Project Management Concentration Mission Statement
- Society for Human Resources Management Acknowledgment
- Finance
- Health care Management
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Required Credits: 60-76
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Human Resources
- Required Credits: 20
- Format: Fully online
MBA in Exceltrack Business Administration
- Required Credits: 40
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Management And Supervision In Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 24
- Format: Fully online
BS in Excel Track Healthcare Administration
- Required Credits: 120
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack Business Administration
- Required Credits: 120
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Information Security
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Information Security
- Required Credits: 21
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Microsoft Operating Systems
- Required Credits: 26
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Cisco Networks
- Required Credits: 27
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Computer Forensics
- Required Credits: 28
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Programming And Software Development
- Required Credits: 34
- Format: Fully online
MS in Exceltrack™ Information Technology
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
BS in Cloud Computing And Solutions
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Cloud Computing And Solutions
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Information Technology
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Information Security
- Required Credits: 14
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Microsoft Operating Systems
- Required Credits: 17
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Cisco Networks
- Required Credits: 18
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Computer Forensics
- Required Credits: 19
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Programming And Software Development
- Required Credits: 23
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Crime Scene Technician
- Required Credits: 41
- Format: Fully online
MS in Homeland Security And Emergency Management
- Required Credits: 55
- Format: Fully online
AS in Legal Support And Services
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
AS in Small Group Management For Military
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Cybersecurity
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Fire And Emergency Management
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Legal Support And Services
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Pathway To Paralegal
- Required Credits: 36-37
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Legal Secretary
- Required Credits: 6
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Pathway To Paralegal
- Required Credits: 24
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Crime Scene Technician
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 27
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Legal Support And Services
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Private Security
- Required Credits: 60
- Completion Time: 35
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Small Group Management For Military
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
BS in Excel Track Criminal Justice
- Required Credits: 120
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design And Technology
- Required Credits: 20
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd)
- Required Credits: 24
- Format: Fully online
Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Behavioral Analysis
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Required Credits: 35
- Format: Fully online
MA in Teaching—non Certification
- Required Credits: 45
- Format: Fully online
MS in Higher Education
Degree Concentrations
- College administration and leadership
- College teaching
- Student affairs
- Required Credits: 50
- Format: Fully online
MS in Instructional Design And Technology
- Required Credits: 50
- Format: Fully online
AS in Early Childhood Development
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
BS in Early Childhood Administration
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Required Credits: 16
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Required Credits: 20
- Format: Fully online
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Required Credits: 23
- Format: Fully online
MA in Teaching
Degree Concentrations
- Non Certification
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Human Services - Child And Family Services
- Required Credits: 43
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Human Services - Elder Care Services
- Required Credits: 43
- Format: Fully online
BS in Human Services In Youth/Family Services And Administration
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
MS in Human Services
Degree Concentrations
- Family and community services
- Organizational and social services
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
MHA in Health Care Administration
- Required Credits: 52
- Format: Fully online
MS in Health Information Management
- Required Credits: 48
- Format: Fully online
MS in Instructional Design and Technology
- Required Credits: 50
- Format: Fully online
BS in Psychology
Degree Concentrations
- Addictions
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Addictions
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- I/O Psychology
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
MS in Management and Leadership
Degree Concentrations
- Human care Management
- Human Resources
- Information technology
- Leadership
- Organizational design and development
- Project management
- Required Credits: 56
- Format: Fully online
BS in Environmental Policy and Management
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
MBA/MS in Nursing
- Required Credits: 88
- Completion Time: 2.5 years
- Format: Fully online
MS in Nursing
Degree Concentrations
- Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner
- Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner
- Executive Leader
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- primary Care
- Nurse Educator
- Dnp Path
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
MS in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- Required Credits: 55
- Format: Fully online
DNP in Nursing Practice
Degree Concentrations
- Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner
- Executive Leader
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- primary Care
- Required Credits: 48-60
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Legal Support and Services
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Nurse Educator
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Nursing Executive Leader
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Billing And Coding
- Required Credits: 44
- Format: Fully online
MA in Health Information Management
- Required Credits: 48
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Office Administration
- Required Credits: 57
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical Assistant
- Required Credits: 58
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
MSN/MBA in Nursing
Degree Concentrations
- Msn And Mba Dual Degree Option
- Required Credits: 88
- Format: Fully online
AS in Health Science For Military
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
AA in Health Science For Military Students
- Required Credits: 90
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Healthcare Administration
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Exceltrack™ Nursing
Degree Concentrations
- Rn-To-Bsn
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Healthcare Administration
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Health Information Management
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
BS in Nursing
Degree Concentrations
- Rn-To-Bsn
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
DNP in Doctor Of Nursing Practice
- Required Credits: 48-60
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Nurse Educator
- Required Credits: 20
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing Executive Leader
- Required Credits: 20
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Billing And Coding
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
MHIM in Health Information Management
- Required Credits: 32
- Format: Fully online
MHA in Healthcare Administration
- Required Credits: 35
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Assistant
- Required Credits: 38
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Office Administration
- Required Credits: 38
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Required Credits: 40
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Required Credits: 40
- Format: Fully online
Post Graduate Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner
- Required Credits: 40
- Format: Fully online
MSN/MBA in Nursing And Business Administration Dual Degree
- Required Credits: 59
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Health Science For Military
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
AS in Health Science For Military Students
- Required Credits: 60
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Addictions
- Required Credits: 40
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Child And Family Services
- Required Credits: 29
- Format: Fully online
Graduate Certificate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Required Credits: 30
- Format: Fully online
BS in Environmental Policy And Management
- Required Credits: 180
- Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Elder Care Services
- Required Credits: 29
- Format: Fully online
Purdue Global Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 57% | 38% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Purdue Global Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $10,095 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Purdue Global Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Purdue Global students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $42,322 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Purdue Global's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads | Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| 66,383 | 47,397 | 18,986 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Purdue Global?
Purdue Global is located at 2550 Northwestern Avenue, Suite 1100, West Lafayette, IN 47906.
How Safe is Purdue Global?
West Lafayette has a violent crime rate of 0.09% and a property crime rate of 1.21%. Sources: city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Purdue Global Known For?
Purdue Global is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Nursing
- Engineering
- Education
- Business
- Law
- Computer Science
- Medical
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Criminal Justice
- Social Work
- Communications
- Sociology
Purdue Global's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Purdue Global's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Nursing
#1072
World Rank
#1072
Historical Rank
#398
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #398 in the U.S. and #1072 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesEngineering
#3055
World Rank
#3066
Historical Rank
#511
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #511 in the U.S. and #3055 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
engineering DegreesEducation
#2372
World Rank
#2377
Historical Rank
#536
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #536 in the U.S. and #2372 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesBusiness
#2737
World Rank
#2738
Historical Rank
#721
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #721 in the U.S. and #2737 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesLaw
#2739
World Rank
#2745
Historical Rank
#780
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #780 in the U.S. and #2739 worldwide for influence in Law.
Computer Science
#3649
World Rank
#3658
Historical Rank
#821
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #821 in the U.S. and #3649 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesMedical
#4193
World Rank
#4194
Historical Rank
#1218
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1218 in the U.S. and #4193 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesPolitical Science
#5436
World Rank
#5445
Historical Rank
#1273
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1273 in the U.S. and #5436 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
political-science DegreesPsychology
#3410
World Rank
#3425
Historical Rank
#1305
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1305 in the U.S. and #3410 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology DegreesCriminal Justice
#2769
World Rank
#2772
Historical Rank
#1431
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1431 in the U.S. and #2769 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesSocial Work
#3583
World Rank
#3583
Historical Rank
#1449
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1449 in the U.S. and #3583 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesCommunications
#5837
World Rank
#5856
Historical Rank
#1565
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1565 in the U.S. and #5837 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesSociology
#5396
World Rank
#5399
Historical Rank
#1796
USA Rank
Purdue Global ranks #1796 in the U.S. and #5396 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
sociology Degrees