Why Purchase?
Everyone has a reason. Discover why Purchase was their perfect choice.
Pursuing Unique Courses of Study
Click on the images of current students below to learn more about how they merged their passions and tailored their academic experience to match —and how Purchase is one of the few places where students can combine rigorous professional training in the arts with serious study in the liberal arts and sciences.
Olivia Manna
Major: Voice & Opera Studies
Minor: Journalism
Paige Aaronson
Major: Drawing and Painting
Minors: Biology and Art History
Charlotte Johansen
Majors: New Media and Mathematics/Computer Science
Siena Vaccara
Majors: Psychology and Gender Studies
Minor: Studio Composition
Kaspar Horsfield
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Italian
Grace Gedeon
Major: Journalism
Minor: Visual Arts/Photography
Alumni Stories
Learn why the Purchase experience has a lasting effect…