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A diverse community of unconventional thinkers have found a home for their big ideas at Purchase College. We bet you’ll fit right in.

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    On 2025 Top Public Schools List
    (U.S. News and World Report)

  • $10,826

    Average Award for New and Continuing Students

  • 73%

    Undergrad Students Receive Financial Aid

  • $2.4m

    Merit and Talent Scholarships Awarded

  • 11:1

    Student to Faculty Ratio

What we value

Sustainability

Ranging in scale—from light bulbs and plastic bottles to entire buildings—our sustainability efforts represent a core value.

Recent Efforts

Culture of Inclusivity

Feel the raw energy created by the amazing blend of people who unabashedly express themselves as they choose, in a judgment-free environment.

Campus Life

Upcoming Events

Dr. Hasia Diner
Oct
15

Jews and Blacks Repair the World: the Remarkable Life of Julius Rosenwald

Julius Rosenwald (1862–1932) rose from modest means as the son of a peddler to meteoric wealth at the helm of Sears, Roebuck. Yet his most important legacy stands not upon his business acumen but on the pioneering changes he introduced to the practice of philanthropy. While few now recall Rosenwald’s name—he refused to have it attached to the buildings, projects, or endowments he supported—his passionate support of Jewish and African American causes continues to influence lives to this day.

7:00pm
Oct
16

Artist Talk: Photography is Preservation; Marisa Scheinfeld and The Borscht Belt

This illustrated lecture features Marisa Scheinfeld’s photographs of abandoned sites where over 500 hotels once prospered in New York’s Catskill Mountains. 

10:00am