Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN · Public university
2 minwalk to the closest stay
4stays inside a 20-min walk
6stays inside a 10-min drive
One trip, several campuses
College visit hotels in West Lafayette, IN
2 schools in town32 places to stay measured
2schools,one trip
Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.
By the numbers
2 schools in West Lafayette are on this site, with 32 places to stay measured around them. Every one of them has a place to stay no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. The shortest walk we measured here is about 2 minutes, at Purdue University.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
The 2 schools in West Lafayette
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN · Public university
7 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min drive
Getting from one campus to the next
Our drive estimates between the schools on this page, from map distance with no traffic. Add time for parking at each end.
- Purdue University to Purdue University Globalabout 6 min
About these lists
Which colleges in West Lafayette, IN do you cover?
2 four-year schools in West Lafayette, IN: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in West Lafayette, IN?
At 2 of the 2, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
For 1 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 2 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.