The Greater Lafayette area has one of the nation's largest universities, Purdue University contributes significantly to the community's quality of life through education, employment opportunities, economic impact, Big Ten sports and enriching cultural activities.

Purdue - West Lafayette, Indiana campus

The Purdue campus occupies a large part of southwest West Lafayette. The campus contains 387 buildings, which stand on 17,582 acres. It is worth more than $4.1 billion.

In the 2007-2008 academic year, 31,186 undergraduates, 6,994 graduate students and 922 professional students were enrolled at Purdue University. The total enrollment is 39,102. Today there are more than 40,000 students are enrolled at Purdue's West Lafayette campus. Purdue has a graduate school and 12 undergraduate schools.

Purdue graduates, representing many countries from around the world, have landed on the moon (Neil Armstrong), received Nobel prizes and excelled in corporate, educational, technical and scientific pursuits.

Purdue has a substantial economic impact in Indiana. Purdue employs 15,304 people, which include faculty members, staff members and graduate students.

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Lafayette, IN 47905

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