Prospective Students

Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts!

We encourage you to come visit us in West Lafayette, Indiana! Tour our facilities, mingle with current students, meet with academic professionals, explore our campus, and find out for yourself why U.S News & World Report ranks Purdue a top public university in the United States.

As the home to over 6,300 undergraduate students at Purdue University, the College of Liberal Arts has over 50 different majors and numerous minors. We are one of the larger colleges or schools at Purdue—in fact, nearly twenty percent of all Purdue undergraduate students are pursuing a liberal arts degree!

The mission of our college is to educate students to live more knowledgeably, responsibly, and humanely, fostering the development of analytical minds and the practice of continual learning.

We encourage you to search our web site to learn more about our strong academic programs and our nationally recognized faculty and research. Purdue also has over 750 student organizations that can help you discover life as a Boilermaker.

Purdue listed among nation's best by Princeton Review

West Lafayette ranked 6th smartest small town in America

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