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If you’re an undergraduate, graduate, or transfer student, the first step is to determine your program’s application deadline and requirements below.

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  • 3,257

    Total Student Enrollment

  • $10,826

    Average Award for New and Continuing Students

  • 90%

    Of 2023 Graduates Employed, Enrolled in Grad or Professional School, or Both

  • 17

    Average Class Size

  • 11:1

    Student to Faculty Ratio

Upcoming Events

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Oct
16

SUNY OpInform

We invite school counselors, directors of guidance, and college advisors to join SUNY and Purchase College campus representatives for fall 2024 Operation Inform.

8:00am
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Nov
3

Open House

Get an inside look at Purchase from many perspectives.

9:00am - 1:00pm
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Nov
13

Arts Sessions in NYC

Please join us at the SUNY Global Center in New York City to meet with Admissions representatives and select faculty to learn more about our School of the Arts programs.

4:30pm - 7:00pm

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Claribel Ortega '10

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New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Claribel A. Ortega ’10 (journalism) is a former reporter who writes middle-grade and young adult fantasy inspired by her Dominican heritage.

When she’s not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she’s co-hosting her podcast Bad Author Book Club. Claribel is a Marvel contributor and has been featured on Buzzfeed, Bustle, Good Morning America and Deadline.

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Other schools may say it, but few truly deliver—our campus culture is one of a kind.  The unique energy driven by creative people, whether they’re studying visual and performing arts or digging into the liberal arts and sciences, lends itself to an open and collaborative vibe and an unapologetic freedom of expression. 

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Khlaif Tahir Thompson '18

Khalif Tahir Thompson ’18 at The Armory Show

According to the New York Times, Thompson’s work was a “standout.”

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Two Alumni Make Broadway Debuts in Romeo + Juliet

Jasai Chase-Owens ’17 and Daniel Bravo Hernández ’24 join the cast.