Editing Purdue University (section)

==Campus life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Purdue University-Main Campus|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?243780-Purdue-University-Main-Campus |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|64|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|85|%|2||background:black}}
|}

===Student body===
[[File:Purdue University graduation ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|Graduation ceremony in 2008]]

8,562 students from 126 countries around the world attended Purdue University in 2012.<ref name="Purdue University">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg15.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624235005/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg15.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 }}</ref> In 2012–13, 19,689 out of a total of 39,256 students enrolled were Indiana residents.<ref name="Purdue University"/> {{as of|2013}}, the racial diversity of the US-resident undergraduate student body was 5.7% [[Asian people|Asian]], 4.4% [[Hispanic]] or [[Latinos|Latino]], and 4.0% [[Black people|black]] or [[African American]].<ref name="ethnicity">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg49_52.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201103332/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg49_52.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref> Of the undergraduate students, 42.6% were female.<ref name="gender">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg47.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624235006/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg47.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 }}</ref> Domestic minorities constitute a total of 10.8% in the graduate student body population<ref name="ethnicity"/> of which 37.3% are female.<ref name="gender"/> Twenty-two percent of the student body is international, representing 126 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg54.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201105017/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg54.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref> In graduate and professional student population, non-Indiana residents occupy an overwhelming majority, about 75%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg13.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119115818/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg13.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 }}</ref> Almost all undergraduates and about 70% of the graduate student population attend full-time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg11_12.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201104315/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg11_12.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref> The school's selectivity for admissions is "more selective" by [[USNWR]]: approximately 49% of applicants are admitted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/?dashboard=AppsAdmits |title=Purdue University Data Digest: Applications, Admits, and Matriculations |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404071754/https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/?dashboard=AppsAdmits |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Housing===
About one-third of the single undergraduate students on the West Lafayette campus live in university-owned buildings. The rest live in fraternities, sororities, cooperatives, or private off-campus housing. School sources claim over 10,000 spaces available in seventeen separate residence halls for students on campus.

[[File:Cary Quad and Spitzer Court, Purdue University.png|thumb|right|Cary Quad and Spitzer Court]]
[[File:Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-15, DD 12.jpg|thumb|Loeb Fountain]]

Purdue University hosts one of the nation's largest [[fraternities and sororities|Greek communities]], with roughly 40 fraternities and 30 sororities.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Purdue Exponent]] |url=http://archive.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2003/06/16&section=campus&storyid=Greeksystem |date=June 16, 2003 |access-date=November 16, 2007 |title=5,000 students call Greek system their home |last=Poston |first=Heather |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727192400/http://archive.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2003%2F06%2F16&section=campus&storyid=Greeksystem |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref>

===Activities and events===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan During a Trip to West Lafayette Indiana and Purdue University and Looking at a Robot.jpg|thumb|right|[[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] visiting Purdue in 1987]]
Students at Purdue participate in more than 1000 student organizations that cover a variety of interests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |title=Student Activities and Organizations |work=Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201104721/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref> Some of the notable clubs founded by Purdue students include the [[Purdue Reamer Club]] (a school spirit organization that cares for the [[Boilermaker Special]] mascot and raises funds for scholarships) and two clubs that eventually became nationwide organizations: the [[National Society of Black Engineers]] and the [[Rube Goldberg Machine Contest]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Several campus-wide programs are planned by the Purdue Alumni Student Experience (part of the Alumni Association), [[Purdue Memorial Union|Purdue Student Union Board]], Purdue Student Government (PSG), or the Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG). PSG and PGSG are made up of representatives from each of the university's academic colleges and give recommendations to the faculty, administration, and sometimes to the state legislature.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=WBAA |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Indiana Lifeline measure becomes law |url=http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |last=Smith |first=Brandon |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222509/http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Annual campus events include Boiler Gold Rush, Purdue University Dance Marathon, Spring Fest, and Grand Prix. Boiler Gold Rush (BGR) is Purdue's a student orientation program and a sports pep rally. Purdue University Dance Marathon (PUDM) is an 18-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping, dance marathon; over 2,000 students participate and the event raises over $1 million annually for [[Riley Hospital for Children]] in Indianapolis. Spring Fest is an annual carnival with entertaining exhibits from many academic departments. A highlight of the weekend is the Entomology Department's Bug Bowl, where the sport of [[cricket spitting]] was invented in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Science Daily |title=Purdue Bug Bowl Bigger, Buggier And Better |date=April 6, 1999 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203221540/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lovitt |first=Rob |newspaper=NBC News |title=Travel's silly season: rat racing, cricket spitting and mullet tossing, oh my |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204022107/http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Purdue Grand Prix]], a 50-mile, 160-lap go-kart race ends Gala Week each year. All 33 participating karts are made from scratch by student teams. The event has been raising money for student scholarships since it began in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |title=Purdue Grand Prix |publisher=Purdue Grand Prix |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123003903/http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Religious life===
Purdue has a number of religious organizations on and near the campus. [[St. Thomas Aquinas Purdue|St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church]] serves the Catholic community at Purdue and the surrounding community. There is also a [[non-denominational Christian]] church, Campus House, which is affiliated with the popular coffee-shop Greyhouse Coffee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=POZNYAK |first1=ANNA |date=March 20, 2018 |title=Local coffeee shop finishes renovations |language=en |work=Purdue Exponent |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_4f79c9de-2c5a-11e8-884f-d32b5fd9195d.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806122752/https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_4f79c9de-2c5a-11e8-884f-d32b5fd9195d.html |archive-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greyhouse Coffee |title=Mission |url=https://greyhousecoffee.com/pages/mission |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Greyhouse Coffee |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jprice |title=Home |url=https://campushouse.church/ |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=campushouse.church |language=en-US}}</ref> The Purdue [[Hillel Foundation]] and [[Chabad house|Chabad at Purdue]] are the university's Jewish campus organizations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Purdue Hillel Foundation {{!}} Building Meaningful Jewish Life at Purdue |url=http://www.purduehillel.org/ |website=Purdue Hillel Foundation |access-date=March 12, 2020 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321081334/http://www.purduehillel.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHABAD @ PURDUE |url=https://www.jewishpurdue.com/ |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=CHABAD @ PURDUE |language=en}}</ref> The Islamic Society of Greater Lafayette has an Islamic center serving the needs of the Muslim community on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISGL |url=https://www.masjidisgl.org/index |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120091638/https://www.masjidisgl.org/index |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=www.masjidisgl.org}}</ref>