Purdue University Fort Wayne Nursing Programs

Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Purdue University Fort Wayne is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Fort Wayne makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Purdue University Fort Wayne?

Contact details for PFW are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
Phone:	260-481-4739
Website:	www.ipfw.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ipfw.mastodons
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/ipfw

How Do I Get Into PFW?

You can apply to PFW online at: www.pfw.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for PFW

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into PFW?

PFW has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% of students accepted to PFW submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 580.

PFW received ACT scores from 25% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Purdue University Fort Wayne?

The overall average net price of PFW is $27,159. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At PFW, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,319 a year. That adds up to $21,276 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PFW is 5.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Purdue University Fort Wayne Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,584 undergraduate students at PFW, with 5,161 being full-time and 2,423 being part-time.

There are also 509 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,161 full-time undergraduates at PFW, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purdue University Fort Wayne students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	217
Black or African American	376
Hispanic or Latino	499
White	3,679
International Students	133
Other Races/Ethnicities	257

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Purdue University Fort Wayne. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Purdue University Fort Wayne

In 2019-2020, 5,214 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PFW has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of PFW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Purdue University Fort Wayne was 11.8%. This is the #915 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PFW regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at PFW ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at PFW.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Registered Nursing	#328

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Purdue University Fort Wayne Nursing Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	48	48
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	0	0
TOTAL	48	48

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.