Purdue Tuition Freeze 12 Years in a Row

[Anonymous]

At least until the 2024-25 school year. Wow. That’s unheard of.

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2023/Q1/purdue-trustees-endorse-12th-consecutive-tuition-freeze.html#:~:text=–%20The%20Purdue%20University%20Board%20of,the%202024%2D25%20academic%20year.

[Anonymous]

The posters on the Purdue Reddit aren’t happy about it; apparently a lot of departments are feeling the trim

[Anonymous]

They also put freshmen in forced quads.

[Anonymous]

Still better than runaway tuition inflation.

[Anonymous]

Purdue is proving it can be done, no wonder there is so much ire directed their way.

[Anonymous]

At the expense of keeping up facilities and such. I've heard some truly gross stories about Purdue dorms and even academic buildings.

[Anonymous]

We toured and have a family member at Purdue. The facilities are beautiful and the dorms are very nice. They had a housing situation 2 years ago when they overenrolled and have since remedied that by guaranteeing Freshman housing and cutting back on enrollment. You can get a quad if you choose one (it is much less expensive) and save more money. You can also get a suite or a single. There are no "forced" quads. It is a stellar education for a reasonable tuition (these days)

[Anonymous]

One of the main ways they do it is by reducing the number of scholarships or tuition reductions. Basically everyone pays sticker price. They also admit a greater number of international students who pay higher tuitions.

[Anonymous]

% international students:

1997--2%
2007--6%
2020--16%

% out-of-state US students:

1997--26%
2007--33%
2020--36%

Undergrad enrollment:

1997--26,400
2007--31,300
2020--30,800

In-state enrollment:

1997--19,000
2007--19,100
2020--14,800

This kind of change is true for many big state universities. It helps keep costs down for in-state residents. not sure why the number of in-state residents when down so much in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:% international students:

1997--2%
2007--6%
2020--16%

% out-of-state US students:

1997--26%
2007--33%
2020--36%

Undergrad enrollment:

1997--26,400
2007--31,300
2020--30,800

In-state enrollment:

1997--19,000
2007--19,100
2020--14,800

This kind of change is true for many big state universities. It helps keep costs down for in-state residents. not sure why the number of in-state residents when down so much in recent years.

Oops, that should, of course, read 'went down'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:% international students:

1997--2%
2007--6%
2020--16%

% out-of-state US students:

1997--26%
2007--33%
2020--36%

Undergrad enrollment:

1997--26,400
2007--31,300
2020--30,800

In-state enrollment:

1997--19,000
2007--19,100
2020--14,800

This kind of change is true for many big state universities. It helps keep costs down for in-state residents. not sure why the number of in-state residents when down so much in recent years.

Indiana isn’t exactly a fast growing state. I’m sure it’s lost population since 97.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured and have a family member at Purdue. The facilities are beautiful and the dorms are very nice. They had a housing situation 2 years ago when they overenrolled and have since remedied that by guaranteeing Freshman housing and cutting back on enrollment. You can get a quad if you choose one (it is much less expensive) and save more money. You can also get a suite or a single. There are no "forced" quads. It is a stellar education for a reasonable tuition (these days)

We toured Purdue in February. Agree with everything you said. Freshmen are guaranteed dorms and each can choose to live in a double, triple or quad. There is no “forced” quad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the main ways they do it is by reducing the number of scholarships or tuition reductions. Basically everyone pays sticker price. They also admit a greater number of international students who pay higher tuitions.

DD (OOS) got merit based scholarship this year

[Anonymous]

I guess most of you would rather pay $60k+ and get a few thousand dollars of “scholarship” to offset a little bit of that instead of paying $28k “sticker price”

[Anonymous]

Purdue is everything most on DCUM hate. A large public university with recognized sports teams, in a red state, with an overall ranking outside the top 50 (#51 this year), and overall STEM focus.

The rest of the county likes the very affordable OOS tuition, extensive coop opportunities, top ten engineering program, and doesn’t pick a university passed on the politics of the state.