To request an application packet in writing please provide us with your complete address, telephone number and tell us which program you are interested in.

Send your request to:
Purchase College Office of Admissions
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

Email Address: admissions@purchase.edu

To make your request by phone:
914-251-6300

To make your request by fax:
914-251-6314

How to Apply

1. Acquire, complete and return the appropriate application with all required materials and fees. You may apply online. To receive an application packet call Purchase College Admissions at: 914-251-6300 or email admissions@purchase.edu
2. Attend a dance audition.

BFA - Criteria for Acceptance

1. Talent and potential as a performer
2. Prior training and the ability to demonstrate a knowledge of modern dance and/or classical ballet techniques
3. Musicality
4. Good physical proportions in a healthy body that is injury-free

For more information and schedule about the auditions for the BFA program, please go to the BFA Auditions page.

1. Completion of an undergraduate degree
2. Submission of:
   • a résumé
   • transcripts of all prior undergraduate experiences
   • a videotape/DVD of the applicant's work, performance, or teaching
   • a personal-statement essay
   • professional and personal letters of recommendation
   • Choreography-track students must have mounted (and provide evidence of) their choreography over a minimum of the past two-to-four years.
   • Performance/teaching-track students must have had (and provide evidence of) a professional performing career.

Please refer to the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance MFA Application for details and deadlines.

And for more information and schedule about the auditions for the MFA program, please go to the MFA Auditions page.