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RedeemKrannert School of Management (Purdue University)
100 S. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056
Key facts
Class profile
- Class size
- 46
- Applications
- 581
- Average GMAT (old exam)
- 634
- GMAT range (old exam)
- 580-760
- Average age
- 27
- Work experience
- 4.25 years on average
- Women
- 24%
- International students
- 54%
- Rolling admissions
- No
Application deadlines
- Round 1Nov 15, 2021Passed
- Round 2Jan 15, 2022Passed
- Round 3Jun 1, 2022Passed
- Round 4Jul 1, 2022Passed
Rankings
- Bloomberg Businessweek
- #78
- U.S. News
- #80
- Financial Times
- #85
Cost and jobs
- Median base salary
- $82,626
- Median salary with bonus
- $100,505
- Employed after graduation
- 94%
Essay questions
Required
Integrity (500 words max):What does integrity mean to you? How does integrity relate to building communities of trust in academic, personal and professional settings? What expectation should Purdue have towards its students with regards to academic integrity? What consequences should students face when standards are not upheld?
Optional (300 words max): If you feel there are any parts of your application that require additional explanation, or if there is any additional information you wish to share with the Admissions Committee, please use this optional essay as an opportunity to do so.
Class profile
- Class size
- 32
- Applications
- 46
- Average GMAT (old exam)
- 560
- GMAT range (old exam)
- 500-600
- Average age
- 33
- Work experience
- 8.7 years on average
- Women
- 31%
- International students
- 29%
- Rolling admissions
- Yes
Application deadlines
- Round 1Nov 15, 2021Passed
- Round 2Jan 15, 2022Passed
- Round 3Jun 1, 2022Passed
- Round 4Jul 1, 2022Passed
Rankings
- U.S. News
- #48
Cost and jobs
- Median base salary
- $150,000
- Employed after graduation
- 88%
Essay questions
Leadership (500 words max): Please describe your experience and/or philosophy as a leader, supervisor or team manager. What are some of the key challenges and successes you’ve had or expect to have?
**Team/Cohort Approach (600 words maximum): What are your expectations of a peer and team-based learning environment in which you go through a program with a major team-based component? As part of your answer, please mention what skills you bring to working within such an approach, with an emphasis on how you best learn and how you help others learn.
Additional Contributions (300 words maximum): If you feel there are any parts of your application that require additional explanation or if there is any additional information you wish to share to help us fully understand your application, please share that information within this essay
These numbers were last updated in 2021. GMAT scores here are from the old 200 to 800 exam, which ended in early 2024. Check the school's own website for this year's numbers.
What members who applied here reported
253 Beat The GMAT members shared their profile when they applied to Purdue Krannert between 2011 and 2020. Their GMAT scores are from the old 200 to 800 exam.
Work before the MBA
College major
Home country
Recent member profiles
- Round
- Not Sure
- GPA
- 2.3
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
- From
- chicago, IL, United States
- Major
- Economics
- Work
- Research and Development, 60 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Sales / Business Development
- Round
- Later
- GMAT (old exam)
- 640
- GPA
- 3.1
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Varanasi, India
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- Other, 70 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consulting
- Round
- Not Sure
- GMAT (old exam)
- 580
- GPA
- 3.31
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Oita, Japan
- Major
- Business Administration
- Work
- Consulting
- Goal after the MBA
- Entrepreneurship
- Round
- Later
- GMAT (old exam)
- 710
- GPA
- 2.9
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Nj, NJ, United States
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- Other, 48 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Other
- Round
- Not Sure
- GPA
- 3.67
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Female
- From
- Pineville, LA, United States
- Major
- Social Sciences
- Work
- Healthcare / Biotech, 48 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Healthcare / Biotech
- Round
- 3
- GMAT (old exam)
- 510
- GPA
- 3
- Age
- 29
- Gender
- Male
- From
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Major
- Business Administration
- Work
- Non-Profit, 60 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consumer Products
- Round
- 2
- GMAT (old exam)
- 660
- GPA
- 3.01
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Female
- From
- Lexington, KY, United States
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- High Tech, 42 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consumer Products
- Round
- Later
- GMAT (old exam)
- 550
- GPA
- 3.1
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Mumbai, India
- Major
- Economics
- Work
- Consumer Products, 24 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consulting
- Round
- Later
- GMAT (old exam)
- 510
- GPA
- 2.92
- Age
- 27
- Gender
- Male
- From
- patna, India
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- Other, 39 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Other
- Round
- 1
- GMAT (old exam)
- 600
- GPA
- 3.4
- Age
- 21
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
- Major
- Business Administration
- Work
- Consulting, 12 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consulting
- Round
- 2
- GPA
- 3.2
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Major
- Business Administration
- Work
- Other
- Goal after the MBA
- Research and Development
- Round
- 1
- GPA
- 3.7
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Male
- From
- vellore, India
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- Research and Development, 60 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consulting
- Round
- 3
- GMAT (old exam)
- 650
- GPA
- 2.58
- Age
- 29
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Columbus, OH, United States
- Major
- Engineering
- Work
- Entrepreneurship, 66 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consulting
- Round
- Not Sure
- GMAT (old exam)
- 700
- GPA
- 3.8
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Male
- From
- Indianapolis, IN, United States
- Major
- Economics
- Work
- Manufacturing, 48 months
- Goal after the MBA
- Consumer Products