West Lafayette, IN 47907, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 16, Purdue University In Indiana

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system.^[3]Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and money from Lafayette businessman John Purdue to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.^[4] The first classes were held on September 16, 1874, with six instructors and 39 students.^[4]

The university was founded with the gift of $150,000 from John Purdue, a Lafayette business leader and philanthropist, along with $50,000 from Tippecanoe County, and 150 acres (0.6 km²) of land from Lafayette residents in support of the project. In 1869, it was decided that the new school would be built near the city of Lafayette and established as Purdue University, in the name of the institution’s principal benefactor.

The West Lafayette campus offers more than 200 majors for undergraduates, over 70 master’s and doctoral programs, and professional degrees in pharmacy and veterinary medicine. In addition, Purdue has 18 intercollegiate sports teams and more than 900 student organizations. Today, Purdue is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Purdue enrolls the second largest student body of any university in Indiana as well as the fourth largest international student population of any university in the United States.

Rankings

Purdue University routinely ranks highly in accredited national and world university rankings such as the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges and the QS World University Rankings for their distinguished academic programs. Purdue’s engineering program has been ranked highly by both national and international ranking agencies.

Purdue University’s programs in engineering, education and business continue to be ranked among the best in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings. The U.S. News & World Report ranked Purdue’s College of Engineering No. 8 in the country. In 2012, the college’s graduate program was ranked 10th.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked Purdue’s engineering program No. 10 internationally in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences rankings. Purdue’s College of Education ranked 32nd, tied with the College of William and Mary, the University of Illinois-Chicago, the University of Iowa and the University of Pittsburgh. Purdue’s ranking is up from 37th in 2012. The Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine ranks 14th nationally. The Krannert School of Management is currently ranked 40th in the country. Among specialty rankings, Krannert’s production/operations program ranked seventh, its supply chain/logistics program ranked ninth, and its information systems program ranked 12th. Quacquarelli Symonds ranked the College of Agriculture 6th worldwide in 2013.

In other national rankings for 2011, Purdue was ranked No. 40 by ARWU, No. 62 by U.S. News & World Report, and No. 79 by Washington Monthly. In global rankings for 2011, the university was ranked No. 61 by ARWU, No. 85 by QS, and No. 98 by Times. Reference the sidebar for 2013 all school rankings.