WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — At least 48 degree programs at Purdue University face the risk of elimination come July 1 under a new Indiana law signed by Gov. Mike Braun.
Public Law 213, born out of House Bill 1001 in the 2025 legislative session setting Indiana’s state budget, states that academic programs must meet a three-year average number of students who graduate from the program in order to automatically continue. That threshold is 10 students for an associate’s degree program, 15 students for a bachelor’s degree program, seven students for a master’s degree program, or three students for a doctorate degree program.
In an email provided to the Journal & Courier, Joel Ebarb, executive associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, expressed to CLA department heads a list of bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate programs that do not meet the new state requirements…