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Have you ever wanted to explore a campus from your living room couch? Now you can! FastWeb and YOUniversity TV are teaming up to make the college search process easier for students and parents. We know you have a busy, demanding schedule and sometimes, college visits simply aren’t feasible, especially if the college is far away.

First, check out the school’s profile below. At the bottom of the page, click on the name of the school to see the campus for yourself!

• Location: West Lafeyette, Indiana
• Enrollment: 31,000
• Tuition: $7,700 In-State Tuition & $23,000 Out-of-State Tuition
• Room & Board: $8,000
• Region/Type: Suburban/Public
• Financial Aid: According to The Princeton Review, 75% of undergraduate students receive need-based financial aid
• Campus Life: According to The Princeton Review, there are 850 registered student organizations on campus
• Sports: Division 1—Team: Boilermakers
• What Students Say: According to The Princeton Review, Purdue students say:

  Purdue University is a large public school in Indiana that has a “hardcore engineering” reputation far and wide. However, there are more than 200 majors here and many students insist that Purdue’s liberal arts programs are “underrated” and “much bigger than people think.” Programs in pharmacy, nursing, business, hotel management, agriculture, and education are also laudable. The “student-oriented” top brass is reportedly “great.” The “archaic” registration process is “a hassle for everyone,” but “everything is very organized and the people who work in administration are genuinely there to help the students.” While classes do get smaller at the upper levels, Purdue’s general education courses are “always packed.” The faculty really runs the gamut. “Professors are here to do two things: research and teach, usually in that order,” explains a molecular biology major. “As such, they are very intelligent people. Their ability to express their information, however, is a case-by-case situation.” There are professors who “only teach classes because they have to” and “there are some teaching assistants who can barely speak English.” Other professors “like teaching” and are “willing to help students outside of class.” The academic experience at Purdue can also vary wildly from major to major. For engineers “classes are insanely tough, yet satisfying.” Getting through the introductory courses is a grueling rite of passage. “While some of the weed-out classes seem difficult and pointless, they really do prepare you for upper level courses,” promises a chemical engineering major.

Check out Purdue University’s college campus today!

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