by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Purchase College landed the #681 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Purchase College took the #50 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in New York.
Women make up 50.6% of the total graduate student body at Purchase College while men make you 49.4%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 24.7% of the graduate students who attend Purchase College are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 20.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,310 | $23,100 |
| Fees | $1,883 | $1,883 |
Master's degree recipients from Purchase College earn an average salary of $23,651 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 60% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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 |
Around 61.4% of Purchase College graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 24.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 7 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 3 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 4 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 3 |
| Music | 14 |
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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