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Purchase College Overview

Located in Purchase, New York, Purchase College is a public institution. Purchase College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Purchase College Known For?

881 Undergraduate Awards
$29,421 Avg Cost After Aid
74% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Purchase College.
  • In 2019-2020, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Purchase College makes roughly $45,289 a year. This is 11% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Purchase College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

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Purchase College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Purchase College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#3 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#6 Most Popular Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#16 Most Popular Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#38 Most Popular Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#73 Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#111 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#134 Most Popular Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#134 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Purchase College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Value Colleges for General Literature College Factual
#8 Best Musical Theater Schools College Factual
#8 Best Value Colleges for Arts & Media Management College Factual
#13 Best Value Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts College Factual
#49 Best Theater Arts Schools College Factual
#50 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools College Factual

Where Is Purchase College?

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Contact details for Purchase College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Phone: 914-251-6000
Website: www.purchase.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPurchaseCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SUNY_Purchase

How Do I Get Into Purchase College?

You can apply to Purchase College online at: https://www.purchase.edu/admissions/apply-to-purchase/

Admission Requirements for Purchase College

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program neither required nor recommended
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Purchase College?

74% Acceptance Rate
66% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Purchase College is 74%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to Purchase College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Purchase College  ( 560 to 660 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Purchase College  ( 540 to 620 )
200
800
Purchase College received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 33. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

ACT English Scores for Purchase College  ( 27 to 33 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Purchase College  ( 21 to 28 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Purchase College  ( 24 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford Purchase College?

$29,421 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
7.2% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Purchase College is $29,421. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Purchase College, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,869 a year. That adds up to $27,476 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Purchase College is 7.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Purchase College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,248 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,600 undergraduate students at Purchase College, with 3,248 being full-time and 352 being part-time.

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There are also 85 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,248 full-time undergraduates at Purchase College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purchase College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 130
Black or African American 447
Hispanic or Latino 871
White 1,564
International Students 46
Other Races/Ethnicities 190

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Purchase College. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at Purchase College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Japan.

Online Learning at Purchase College

2,366 Took All Classes Online
3,623 Took At Least One Class Online
14,816.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 3,623 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purchase College has changed over the last few years.

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Online Affordability Rankings of Purchase College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Purchase College was $8,953 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,863. The following table shows how Purchase College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Communication & Media Studies #52 #59
Communication & Journalism #55 #62

Online Growth Rankings of Purchase College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Purchase College was 14,816.1%. This is the #26 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Purchase College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Purchase College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Drama & Theater Arts 0 151 0 0 151
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 95 0 0 95
Fine & Studio Arts 0 57 0 4 61
Music 0 43 4 14 61
Communication & Media Studies 0 57 0 0 57
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 51 0 3 54
General Psychology 0 53 0 0 53
Arts & Media Management 0 47 0 0 47
Design & Applied Arts 0 29 0 0 29
General Biology 0 28 0 0 28
Journalism 0 27 0 0 27
Sociology 0 26 0 0 26
Literature 0 23 0 0 23
History 0 23 0 0 23
Economics 0 23 0 0 23
Writing Studies 0 21 0 0 21
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 18 0 3 21
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 20 0 0 20
Dance 0 20 0 0 20
Natural Resources Conservation 0 13 0 0 13
Political Science & Government 0 12 0 0 12
Mathematics 0 11 0 0 11
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 7 7
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 6 0 0 6
Philosophy 0 6 0 0 6
Chemistry 0 6 0 0 6
Human Development & Family Studies 5 0 0 0 5
Anthropology 0 5 0 0 5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 4 0 0 4
Area Studies 0 1 0 0 1
General Education 0 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5 876 4 31 916

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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