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Purchase College was awarded 142 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is theater arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Purchase College is ranked #898 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Purchase College is also ranked #59 out of 142 schools in New York.
Purchase College has an acceptance rate of 75%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 12% 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 580 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 650.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Purchase College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Purchase College is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Purchase College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Purchase College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,600 undergraduates at Purchase College with 3,248 being full-time and 352 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,899 | $17,483 | $18,347 | $16,305 | $24,176 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Purchase College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Purchase College, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,849 a year. That adds up to $23,396 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.
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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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 151 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 151 | $25,288 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 95 | $24,933 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 57 | $22,014 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 57 | $25,852 |
| General Psychology | 53 | $23,080 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 51 | $22,585 |
| Arts & Media Management | 47 | $28,859 |
| Music | 43 | $17,344 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 29 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,944 students took at least one online class at Purchase College. This is a decrease from the 3,623 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,944 | 428 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,623 | 2,366 |
| 2018-2019 | 79 | 4 |
| 2017-2018 | 48 | 1 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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