Quick Facts

Location
1401 S. U.S. 421, Westville, IN.
1/4 mi. south of intersection of Indiana Toll Road (I-90) & U.S. 421.

Telephone/Fax
800-872-1231 (Inside Indiana)
219-785-5200 (LaPorte/Westville)
219-872-0527 (Michigan City/Chesterton)
219-462-4197 (Valparaiso/Portage)
Hearing Impaired: 800-743-3333
Fax: 219-785-5355

Campus Size
268 Acres; 3 Buildings; Established in Michigan City in 1949. Moved to current location in 1967.

Parking
Unrestricted parking in six lots, except rows marked "A" or reserved for people with disabilities.

Finances
Information on the financial condition of the campus is available on request from the Controller's Office and the office of the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services.

Majors
Master's Degrees
Bachelor's Degrees
Associate Degrees
Certificate Programs
Most certificate program courses apply toward associate and/or bachelor's degrees. Most associate degree courses apply toward bachelor's degrees.

Transfer Programs
The first 1 or 2 years of most degrees offered by West Lafayette and other Purdue campuses can be completed at Purdue North Central. Most courses also will transfer to other colleges and universities.

Accreditation
Purdue University North Central is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2400, Chicago, Ill. 60602-2504, 800-621-7440. Individual academic programs also are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs; the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission; the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education; and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. 

Faculty (Fall '08)
122 full-time; 169 part-time

Fall 2008 Enrollment
Total: 4,245
Gender: 2,458 female; 1,787 male
Status: 2,607 full-time (12+ credit hours); 1,638 part-time

Minorities:
237 African-American
44 Asian-American
203 Hispanic
30 Native American
116 Other

Average student age:
25

Geographic Distribution (2007-08)
LaPorte County: 1,847
(LaPorte: 667; Michigan City: 575;
Westville: 311; other: 294)
Porter County: 1,659
(Valparaiso: 863; Chesterton/Porter: 326; Portage: 288; other: 182)
Starke County: 148
Lake County: 221
Jasper County: 116
St. Joseph County: 86
Pulaski County: 36
Marshall County: 16
State of Michigan: 23

Alumni
More than 10,000. Although most live in Northwest Indiana, PNC graduates are found in 49 states and five foreign countries.

Mission Statement

Additional institutional data can be found in the Common Data Set.