Purdue University
Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at Purdue
By Gender
| Males | C+ |
| Females | C+ |
By Major
| Aerospace Engineering | C+ |
| Agriculture/Horticulture | D |
| Animal Studies | B+ |
| Anthropology | C+ |
| Athletics/Training | A- |
| Biology | C |
| Business - Management and Administration | C+ |
| Chemical Engineering | C |
| Chemistry | D |
| Civil Engineering | B |
| Communications | C |
| Computer Engineering | C |
| Computer Science | C |
| Economics | D+ |
| Education | C- |
| Electrical Engineering | B- |
| Engineering Department | C+ |
| English | C- |
| Finance | C |
| Geography and Geosciences | A+ |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B |
| Industrial Design | C |
| Industrial Operations Engineering | B- |
| Interior Design | C- |
| Mechanical Engineering | B |
| Meteorology | A |
| Nursing | B |
| Nutrition | B- |
| Other | C+ |
| Pharmacy | A- |
| Political Science | B- |
| PreMed and Medical | B |
| Psychology | B- |
| Telecommunications | A |
| Undecided | D |
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Surrounding City
“... It has a pretty cool city, Lafayette, which has tons of stores and restaurants ...Read full comment
“... The city of Lafayette has no plans to improve the easily-overflowed sewer system ...Read full comment
“... Came from California, experienced a strong college campus lifestyle vs big city university ...Read full comment
“... The campus life leaves must to be desired, the surrounding "city" is nothing but fast-food restaurants, ma & pa shops, and factories ...Read full comment
“... Purdue University is located in West Lafayette, a town of only about 20,000 people, but is right across the Wabash River from Lafayette, a city o...Read full comment
“... ) Yet you can still go across the river to the city of Lafayette if you want to get away from it all (still in walking distance) ...Read full comment
“... The only good thing about Greater Lafayette as a city is that it's driving distance to Chicago ...Read full comment
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If you like living in a big city with a complicated public transportation system that can get you anywhere without a car, then I do not recomm...Read full comment
“... I came here from Chicago, so the "city" itself is pretty lame, but the university always has amazing stuff going on ...Read full comment
“... If you go to IU, you are usually labeled as a rich, snobby, good-looking city boy/girl who drowns herself/himself in alcohol ...Read full comment
“Going to Purdue was a good experience. If you were one of the big fish in your high school, you owe it to yourself to experience competition against ...Read full comment
“Purdue is not for everyone. If hard work, competition and lack of sensitivity scares you, then you are at the wrong school. Stay Ivy if you are a lega...Read full comment
“... Only thing lacking is city life ...Read full comment
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- #2 Top Aerospace Engineering
- #2 Top Electrical Engineering
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