- The Inkwell
- New York
- SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NYSuburb: largeZIP 10577Founded 1967
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1967
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1969
- Website
- www.purchase.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
New YorkPublic
SUNY at Purchase College
SUNY at Purchase College is a public college in Purchase, New York, with 3,197 undergraduates. It admits 74% of applicants, graduates 61% within six years and costs $19,338 a year after aid.
61%graduate
Admission rate74%
Retention80%
4-year graduation51%
Pell Grant share40%
Federal loans47%
$19,338net price / year
74%admission rate
1312average SAT
61%graduate in 6 years
$53,737median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#1,084 of 1,704 for earnings#819 of 1,739 for lowest net price#634 of 1,738 for graduation rate#680 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $30,079tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $9,016
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $19,616
- Average net price
- $19,338national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,745
$30,001–48,000$14,884
$48,001–75,000$19,439
$75,001–110,000$22,035
$110,001+$26,988
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 74%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1312
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 620–710
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 565–670
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college74%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college61%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college40%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 61%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 51%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 65%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,008
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $53,737middle 50%: $31,845–$79,782
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$79,782
Median, SUNY at Purchase College$53,737
Lower quarter$31,845
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 3,197
- Part-time
- 5.9%
- Women / men
- 58% / 42%
- Average age at entry
- 21.1
- First-generation students
- 24%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 40%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,079 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $19,625
- Endowment, end of year
- $82,417,368
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic28%
Black12%
Asian3.9%
Two or more races5.9%
U.S. nonresident1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.3%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts53%
Communication & journalism12%
Psychology7.8%
Social sciences7.0%
Liberal arts & humanities4.5%
English language & literature3.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences3.0%
History2.0%
keep comparing
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 196219. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4359408.