Quick Facts

Location
1401 S. U.S. 421, Westville, IN.
1/4 mi. south of intersection of Indiana Toll Road (I-90) and 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
  2 Master's Degrees
13 Bachelor's Degrees
11 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.

More about Academic Programs

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 Educators; and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. 

Faculty (Fall '07)
119 full-time; 164 part-time

Fall 2007 Enrollment
Total: 3,904
Gender: 2,278 female; 1,626 male
Status: 2,313 full-time (12+ credit hours); 1,591 part-time

Ethnicity:
3,333 Caucasian American
203 African-American
185 Hispanic American
37 Asian/Pacific Islander
28 Native American
118 Other

Average student age:
25.3 (Undergrad); 34.2 (Graduate)

Geographic Distribution
(2006-07)
LaPorte County: 1,603
(LaPorte: 631; Michigan City: 526;
Westville: 284; other: 162)
Porter County: 1,581
(Valparaiso: 846; Chesterton/Porter: 248; Portage: 296; other: 191)
Starke County: 163
Lake County: 215
Jasper County: 91
St. Joseph County: 92
Pulaski County: 40
Marshall County: 17
State of Michigan: 15

Alumni
More than 8,700. Although most live in Northwest Indiana, PNC graduates are found in 49 states and 7 foreign countries.

Mission Statement

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