“Optional fees are also routinely reviewed. For 2025-26, international student fees will increase by $500 per semester for undergraduate and professional master’s students and by $45 for graduate students not enrolled in a professional master’s program. In 2026-27, for undergraduate nonresident and international students enrolling for the first time in fall 2026 or after, there will be a $1,000 per-semester increase to the engineering, computer science/data science/artificial intelligence and Mitch Daniels School of Business differential fees. Indiana residents, graduate students and all students enrolled prior to fall 2026 will not be impacted by this change. As in previous revisions of optional fees, these fee changes will be used to offset increased costs in programs that require specialized technology, equipment and facilities or have unique professional accreditation requirements that are changing. Differential fees have long been present and are routinely updated as needed.”
I wondered about the increase in international fees too. Purdue has a high percentage of international students on campus (24%) so I wonder if they are expecting fewer students and are trying to make up for it with higher fees.
Tuition compared to peer schools is still very good but as you noted, it’s not quite the bargain it used to be.
I also wanted to put this out there because you and many other posters are great at recommending lower cost schools and Purdue often comes up, and this has been very quietly announced.