Purdue University – Beautiful campus, excellent work environment, average benefits, pay trails the private sector significantly - and that gap is continually growing. | Comparably

Purdue University – Beautiful campus, excellent work environment, average benefits, pay trails the private sector significantly - and that gap is continually growing.

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Currently, Purdue University has an enrollment of over 41,000 undergraduate (75%) and graduate students (23%). Approximately 2,000 full-time faculty teach and conduct research in Purdue's 157 principle buildings with 377 total buildings on 2,307 acres. Purdue University's schools include: agriculture; consumer and family science; education; engineering; liberal arts; management; pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences; nursing; science; technology; and veterinary medicine. Purdue offers 6,700 courses in 200 specializations. For more than a quarter century, Purdue University has been the largest or second largest in undergraduate engineering enrollment in the country. Purdue research exceeds $347.1 million a year using more than 400 research labs. The University's decentralized 14 library system contains over 2.3 million volumes of information, including a substantial psychology library that has merged with the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education library located in Stewart Center. read more
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Beautiful campus, excellent work environment, average benefits, pay trails the private sector significantly - and that gap is continually growing.

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Pay for experienced employees matches 50-70% of the private sector, and the benefits are mediocre. Years ago the benefits were top-notch, and pay was closer to 80% of industry. I'm not sure there is any fixing it; it's a two-decade trend. I need more than 300 characters to adequately explain...

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