Fort Wayne, IN · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Purdue University Fort Wayne
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$80,336
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $6,600.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Purdue University Fort Wayne
| Full price, in state | $26,594 |
| Full price, out of state | $41,785 |
| After grants, at your income | $18,863 |
At this income, 9 of Indiana's other 28 colleges cost less after grants, and 19 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: $500 to $2,000 a year, from a 2.5 GPA (and 3 more below).
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Purdue University Fort Wayne, our scenarios for Indiana households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $9,800 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Purdue University Fort Wayne says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: $500 to $2,000 a year, from a 2.5 GPA
GPA 3.5 or higher $2,000 a year Academic scholarship (3.5 and above) GPA 3.0 or higher $1,000 a year Academic scholarship (3.0 to 3.49) GPA 2.5 or higher $500 a year Academic scholarship (2.5 to 2.99) Apply for admission; the scholarship is set by your GPA. These amounts are for first-time, full-time students who begin in fall 2022 or later.
Out of state: $500 to $3,000 a year, from a 2.5 GPA
GPA 3.5 or higher $3,000 a year Academic scholarship (3.5 and above) GPA 3.0 or higher $2,000 a year Academic scholarship (3.0 to 3.49) GPA 2.5 or higher $500 a year Academic scholarship (2.5 to 2.99) Apply for admission; the scholarship is set by your GPA. These amounts are for first-time, full-time students who begin in fall 2022 or later.
Out of state: students from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and the Midwest exchange states pay $14,298.30 in tuition and fees in 2026-27, against $24,280.80 for other states. There is no application.
Out of state: Ohio Reciprocity Program: students from 14 Ohio counties pay what Indiana residents pay, $9,532.20 in 2026-27, with no application. Its counties: Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Darke, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Mercer, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Shelby, Van Wert and Williams.
“The Ohio Reciprocity Program automatically qualifies students from 14 Ohio counties to receive this special tuition discount for undergraduate and graduate programs.”
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How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Purdue University Fort Wayne reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Indiana, it also counts Indiana's tax credit for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $9,800 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Purdue University Fort Wayne's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Indiana, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Purdue University Fort Wayne at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Purdue University Fort Wayne's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Purdue University Fort Wayne. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Indiana University Southeast$17,144 a year
- Purdue University$17,663 a year
- Purdue University Fort Wayne$18,863 a year
- DePauw University$18,920 a year
- Huntington University$19,254 a year
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