Program Payoff

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana. 13 certificate and associate programs, public. 13 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Indiana.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $108,170
General and Operations Managers
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's degree not published $108,170
General and Operations Managers
Chemistry Undergraduate certificate not published $61,880
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Communication and Media Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $64,900
Public Relations Specialists
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $77,220
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
English Language and Literature, General Undergraduate certificate not published $61,880
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $108,170
General and Operations Managers
Hospitality Administration/Management Undergraduate certificate not published $79,900
Managers, All Other
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $44,550
Social and Human Service Assistants
Human Resources Management and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $65,600
Human Resources Specialists
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $61,880
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Philosophy Undergraduate certificate not published $108,250
Natural Sciences Managers
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $47,900
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.