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Purdue CS by the Numbers

 

Computing at Purdue University has a rich history and continues to play an important role in shaping this rapidly evolving field. 

 

Department metrics for 2023. $15.8 million in research expenditures, 3,002 undergraduate students, the first degree-granting computer science program in the US (as of October 24, 1962), 568 graduate students, 81 faculty members.

Faculty

  • 74 Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Members

    • 11 ACM Fellows 
    • 12 IEEE Fellows
    • 4 SIAM Fellows
    • 5 AAAS Fellows
    • 2 Sloan Fellows
    • 28 NSF CAREER Awards
  • 7 Professors of Practice

 

Students

  • 3,002 undergraduate students, computer science, data science, and artificial intelligence majors, Fall 2023
  • 544 Bachelor of Science degrees awarded, Academic Year 2022-2023
  • 568 graduate students, Fall 2023
  • 139 Master's of Science degrees, 48 PhD degrees awarded, Academic Year 2022-2023

 

Academic Programs

 

Research Expenditures

  • $15.8 Million, Fiscal Year 2021-2022

 

Rankings

  • Purdue University, notable rankings
  • US News & World Report
    • Graduate Computer Science Program: 20 (2018)
    • Undergraduate Computer Science Program: 18 (2023)
    • Cybersecurity: 6 (2023)
    • Software Engineering: 8 (2023)
    • Systems: 13 (2023)
    • Data Analytics: 15 (2023)
    • Programming Languages: 13 (2023)
    • Artificial Intelligence: 23 (2023)
  • CSRankings.org:
    • Institution Ranking: 13 (2014-May 2024)
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