The international reputation of Purdue University attracts individuals from all parts of the world. The student body is enhanced by many students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The West Lafayette community is located 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis on I-65, on the west side of the Wabash River, a sister city to Lafayette. The area has agricultural, business, industrial and educational interests.
Classes meet five days per week.
Each of the seven instructional periods is 50 minutes in length. Eighty-six percent of the teaching faculty hold Masters Degrees and two percent hold Doctorates.