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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Hammond, IN
Population 5,500,000
Website https://www.pnw.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,280 (12%)
Days Without Precipitation 228 (17%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,963
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 85%
From Region 10%
Athletes 9.2%

Racial/Ethnic

White 47%
Hispanic 27%
Black 12%
International 6%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Men: 49.4% 49.4% 2018 Men: 51.0% 51.0% 2019 Men: 49.6% 49.6% 2020 Men: 50.2% 50.2% 2021 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2022 Men: 50.9% 50.9% 2023 Men: 52.6% 52.6% 2024 Men: 47.8% 47.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2018 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2024 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2017 Black: 10.2% 10.2% 2018 Black: 10.6% 10.6% 2019 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2020 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2021 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2022 Black: 8.8% 8.8% 2023 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2024 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2017 Hispanic: 15.3% 15.3% 2018 Hispanic: 15.3% 15.3% 2019 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0% 2020 Hispanic: 18.9% 18.9% 2021 Hispanic: 21.0% 21.0% 2022 Hispanic: 22.9% 22.9% 2023 Hispanic: 23.4% 23.4% 2024 Hispanic: 25.9% 25.9% 2017 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2018 White: 67.0% 67.0% 2019 White: 68.4% 68.4% 2020 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2021 White: 55.8% 55.8% 2022 White: 58.5% 58.5% 2023 White: 58.7% 58.7% 2024 White: 57.7% 57.7% 2017 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2018 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2019 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2021 International: 5.1% 5.1% 2022 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2025 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2020 Black: 9.8% 9.8% 2021 Black: 10.2% 10.2% 2022 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2023 Black: 10.7% 10.7% 2024 Black: 11.1% 11.1% 2025 Black: 11.7% 11.7% 2020 Hispanic: 22.4% 22.4% 2021 Hispanic: 23.7% 23.7% 2022 Hispanic: 24.2% 24.2% 2023 Hispanic: 25.6% 25.6% 2024 Hispanic: 25.7% 25.7% 2025 Hispanic: 26.7% 26.7% 2020 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2021 White: 57.2% 57.2% 2022 White: 56.6% 56.6% 2023 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2024 White: 50.8% 50.8% 2025 White: 46.7% 46.7% 2020 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2025 International: 5.9% 5.9%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 252 32% / 68% 2% $48,755 44 90%
Chemistry 9 — 56% / 44% 22% $61,272 72 —
Mathematics 8 +1 62% / 38% 0% $63,849 76 —
Physical Sciences 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $66,722 80 —
Physics 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,148 80 —
Biology 39 — 18% / 82% 3% $47,069 39 85%
Behavioral Sciences 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $37,867 14 100%
Communication 31 +1 29% / 71% 0% $45,890 35 96%
English 14 — 14% / 86% 0% $45,224 33 90%
History 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $53,997 58 95%
Human Development and Family Studies 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $38,030 15 85%
Interdisciplinary Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,441 46 —
Liberal Arts 11 — 64% / 36% 0% $45,844 35 78%
Modern Languages 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $49,073 45 —
Philosophy 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,995 45 —
Political Science 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $56,178 63 —
Psychology 47 +1 23% / 77% 2% $45,620 34 89%
Social Work 13 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,993 39 —
Sociology 8 +1 38% / 62% 12% $41,466 22 97%
Criminal Justice 22 +1 50% / 50% 5% $54,738 60 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 210 66% / 34% 3% $65,259 78 97%
Accounting 57 — 68% / 32% 0% $70,431 83 96%
Business Administration 47 +3 72% / 28% 2% $63,335 76 94%
Finance 39 +1 90% / 10% 5% $66,069 79 100%
Hospitality Management 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $46,564 37 97%
Human Resources Management 10 +3 0% / 100% 0% $67,627 81 93%
Management Science 17 +1 59% / 41% 0% $66,119 79 —
Marketing 28 +1 57% / 43% 11% $63,483 76 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 52 0% / 100% 0% $48,561 43 97%
Elementary Education 52 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,561 43 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering and Sciences 227 88% / 12% 3% $85,020 93 99%
Civil Engineering 26 — 81% / 19% 4% $84,530 93 100%
Computer Engineering 15 — 87% / 13% 7% $95,242 97 —
Electrical Engineering 20 — 100% / 0% 0% $92,541 96 100%
Mechanical Engineering 33 — 88% / 12% 3% $91,077 96 97%
Computer Graphics 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $29,645 5 94%
Computer Science 28 — 93% / 7% 0% $88,205 95 100%
Computer Systems Analysis — — — — $78,358 89 —
Cybersecurity 11 +2 91% / 9% 0% $76,919 88 —
Information Technology 22 — 77% / 23% 0% $75,405 87 100%
Engineering Management 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $82,354 92 100%
Construction Engineering Technology 24 — 92% / 8% 0% $101,375 98 100%
Electrical Engineering Technology 14 — 100% / 0% 0% $84,574 93 100%
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 4 — 100% / 0% 50% $80,016 91 —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 16 — 88% / 12% 6% $73,360 86 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 355 13% / 87% 0% $83,529 93 97%
Health Sciences 23 — 17% / 83% 0% $46,354 37 93%
Medical Laboratory Science 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $76,412 88 —
Nursing 201 — 12% / 88% 0% $86,193 94 97%
Nursing 128 — 13% / 87% 1% $86,193 94 97%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,114
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $17,122
Est. In-State Cost $11,790
Est. Out-of-State Cost $22,149
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 66%
4-Year Graduation Rate 26%
6-Year Graduation Rate 43%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Graduated: 34.4% 34.4% 2018 Graduated: 36.9% 36.9% 2019 Graduated: 37.8% 37.8% 2020 Graduated: 41.9% 41.9% 2021 Graduated: 40.3% 40.3% 2022 Graduated: 44.4% 44.4% 2023 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0% 2024 Graduated: 42.9% 42.9%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Men: 31.2% 31.2% 2018 Men: 34.0% 34.0% 2019 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2020 Men: 42.3% 42.3% 2021 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2022 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2023 Men: 42.1% 42.1% 2024 Men: 43.4% 43.4% 2017 Women: 37.7% 37.7% 2018 Women: 39.8% 39.8% 2019 Women: 38.4% 38.4% 2020 Women: 41.5% 41.5% 2021 Women: 40.6% 40.6% 2022 Women: 44.4% 44.4% 2023 Women: 45.9% 45.9% 2024 Women: 42.4% 42.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Asian: 27.3% 27.3% 2018 Asian: 52.4% 52.4% 2019 Asian: 26.7% 26.7% 2020 Asian: 58.3% 58.3% 2021 Asian: 57.1% 57.1% 2022 Asian: 57.9% 57.9% 2023 Asian: 52.0% 52.0% 2024 Asian: 72.0% 72.0% 2017 Black: 15.6% 15.6% 2018 Black: 11.9% 11.9% 2019 Black: 20.2% 20.2% 2020 Black: 17.2% 17.2% 2021 Black: 18.1% 18.1% 2022 Black: 29.2% 29.2% 2023 Black: 22.5% 22.5% 2024 Black: 26.6% 26.6% 2017 Hispanic: 33.9% 33.9% 2018 Hispanic: 38.4% 38.4% 2019 Hispanic: 39.9% 39.9% 2020 Hispanic: 42.5% 42.5% 2021 Hispanic: 41.4% 41.4% 2022 Hispanic: 41.7% 41.7% 2023 Hispanic: 48.0% 48.0% 2024 Hispanic: 42.4% 42.4% 2017 White: 37.2% 37.2% 2018 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2019 White: 39.0% 39.0% 2020 White: 44.3% 44.3% 2021 White: 42.9% 42.9% 2022 White: 47.2% 47.2% 2023 White: 46.2% 46.2% 2024 White: 43.9% 43.9% 2017 International: 53.3% 53.3% 2018 International: 65.0% 65.0% 2019 International: 42.9% 42.9% 2020 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2021 International: 63.6% 63.6% 2022 International: 57.1% 57.1% 2023 International: 40.0% 40.0% 2024 International: 44.4% 44.4%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 32.4% 355 13% / 87% 0% $83,529 93 97%
Business & Economics 19.7% 216 66% / 34% 3% $65,735 79 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 15.1% 166 29% / 71% 1% $46,079 36 91%
Engineering 8.6% 94 88% / 12% 3% $90,242 96 99%
Professional 7.3% 80 81% / 19% 5% $78,939 90 100%
Computer Science 6.3% 69 86% / 14% 0% $75,535 87 99%
Education 4.7% 52 0% / 100% 0% $48,561 43 97%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.6% 39 18% / 82% 3% $47,069 39 85%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.3% 25 56% / 44% 8% $63,892 76 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $3.2M #231 68% $0.5M — — — —
Health Sciences $1.2M #233 8% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $1.0M #211 0% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $1.0M #230 97% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.9M #321 41% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.5M #439 36% $0.1M — — — 1
Education $0.3M #324 11% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #519 1% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $8.2M #327 47% $0.6M — — — 1

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 76%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 76% 76% 76%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Acceptance: 34.7% 34.7% 2018 Acceptance: 31.1% 31.1% 2019 Acceptance: 28.6% 28.6% 2020 Acceptance: 30.3% 30.3% 2021 Acceptance: 76.4% 76.4% 2022 Acceptance: 72.8% 72.8% 2023 Acceptance: 70.6% 70.6% 2024 Acceptance: 72.4% 72.4% 2017 Yield: 78.5% 78.5% 2018 Yield: 77.8% 77.8% 2019 Yield: 76.2% 76.2% 2020 Yield: 68.5% 68.5% 2021 Yield: 38.4% 38.4% 2022 Yield: 31.3% 31.3% 2023 Yield: 26.4% 26.4% 2024 Yield: 18.3% 18.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Applicants: 4,136 4,136 2018 Applicants: 4,849 4,849 2019 Applicants: 5,670 5,670 2020 Applicants: 5,301 5,301 2021 Applicants: 3,642 3,642 2022 Applicants: 5,670 5,670 2023 Applicants: 6,394 6,394 2024 Applicants: 8,617 8,617 2017 Admitted: 1,434 1,434 2018 Admitted: 1,507 1,507 2019 Admitted: 1,620 1,620 2020 Admitted: 1,605 1,605 2021 Admitted: 2,781 2,781 2022 Admitted: 4,129 4,129 2023 Admitted: 4,516 4,516 2024 Admitted: 6,235 6,235 2017 Enrolled: 1,125 1,125 2018 Enrolled: 1,172 1,172 2019 Enrolled: 1,235 1,235 2020 Enrolled: 1,099 1,099 2021 Enrolled: 1,067 1,067 2022 Enrolled: 1,292 1,292 2023 Enrolled: 1,192 1,192 2024 Enrolled: 1,139 1,139

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 75%
SAT Range 890 – 1140
SAT Math Range 440 – 570
SAT RW Range 450 – 570

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 970 970 2018 25th: 930 930 2019 25th: 980 980 2020 25th: 960 960 2021 25th: 990 990 2022 25th: 950 950 2023 25th: 920 920 2024 25th: 890 890 2017 75th: 1170 1170 2018 75th: 1040 1040 2019 75th: 1160 1160 2020 75th: 1150 1150 2021 75th: 1190 1190 2022 75th: 1170 1170 2023 75th: 1140 1140 2024 75th: 1140 1140

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 460 460 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 480 480 2021 25th: 490 490 2022 25th: 470 470 2023 25th: 450 450 2024 25th: 440 440 2017 75th: 580 580 2018 75th: 520 520 2019 75th: 580 580 2020 75th: 570 570 2021 75th: 590 590 2022 75th: 580 580 2023 75th: 570 570 2024 75th: 570 570

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 480 480 2021 25th: 500 500 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 450 450 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 520 520 2019 75th: 580 580 2020 75th: 580 580 2021 75th: 600 600 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 570 570 2024 75th: 570 570

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2021 Submitted: 46.0% 46.0% 2022 Submitted: 57.0% 57.0% 2023 Submitted: 72.0% 72.0% 2024 Submitted: 75.0% 75.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.