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Continuing Education

Whether you’re seeking personal enrichment, professional development, summer or winter session courses, or youth programs, Purchase offers abundant opportunities for a lifetime of learning. Our mission is to educate and inspire a motivated community of learners—of all backgrounds and ages. We welcome youth and precollege students pursuing enrichment experiences, undergraduate students striving to stay on track or to get ahead in pursuit of their degrees, and adult learners in search of career training or pursuing a passion.

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Feeling Top Ten
U.S. News & World Report places Purchase College on its list of Top Ten Public Liberal Arts Colleges for 2024 and among the best 139 National Liberal Arts Colleges in the nation.
Take a Course as a Visiting Student!
Credit and noncredit options available
Introducing the Brightspace LMS!
We’re packing up and moving from Moodle to Brightspace!
Winter Session 2024
Did you know there are two courses offered during the Winter Session which will fulfill the new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ) core requirement?
New to Online Learning?
Tips for taking an online course this summer.

Continuing Education

Adult Noncredit Programs

Summer and Winter Sessions

Youth and Precollege Programs

Think Wide Open

Feeling Top Ten

Take a Course as a Visiting Student!

Introducing the Brightspace LMS!

Winter Session 2024

Did you know there are two courses offered during the Winter Session which will fulfill the new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ) core requirement?

New to Online Learning?

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