Top Ranked Programs
Purdue University Northwest's program mix is anchored in Health, with meaningful enrollment in business, education, and liberal arts fields. Business accounts for 17% of graduates, Engineering represents 7%, and Education makes up 4% — a distribution that reflects the university's regional mission serving northwest Indiana's healthcare and professional workforce needs. Across 37 programs serving roughly 1,564 students annually, 23 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. Nursing is the program combining the largest cohort scale with strong earnings, graduating 603 students with median earnings of $88,935 four years after enrollment. Azimuth ranks Nursing #55 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The highest four-year earnings at Purdue University Northwest come from Mechanical Engineering, where 48 graduates earn $91,229; Azimuth ranks that program #150 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Other sizable programs include Teacher Education (59 graduates, $49,224) and Communication and Media Studies (57 graduates, $49,326). Several of Purdue University Northwest's strongest-earning programs — particularly nursing and health fields — are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the workforce directly into roles with steady regional demand. Programs like Biology, General and Accounting serve students who may be oriented toward grad-school-dependent or locally anchored career tracks where four-year earnings undercount longer-term trajectory. The [supply-demand map](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how these program families align with national labor-market demand, and the [program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) explains how Azimuth evaluates programs across cohort scale, earnings, and benchmark performance.