Graduate Programs

DEADLINE
Fall:
Priority Deadline: March 1, 2020 - Decisions released by March 15, 2020 with Priority consideration for scholarship funding.
Rolling Deadline: Applications will be accepted until enrollment goals are met.

Application Requirements:

Applicants should have taken at least five (5) undergraduate courses in Art History. Applicants with fewer undergraduate art history courses will still be considered for admission. If offered admission applicants with fewer than five undergraduate art history courses may be required to take pre-requisite undergraduate courses prior to enrolling in graduate course work.

Apply online at . A complete online application will contain:

• A nonrefundable application fee of $75 and $5 SlideRoom fee 
• Completed graduate application forms
• Three letters of recommendation
• 300-500 word Personal Statement
• 1- 2 writing samples, 30 pages maximum for each sample

Complete Your Application
Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official academic transcripts (in envelopes sealed by the registrar) from all colleges attended.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

Mail your complete package to:

Office of Admissions
ATTN: Graduate Admissions
Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.

DEADLINES:
Fall: April 1, 2020
Spring: admission not offered

Application Requirements:
Students interested in MFA/MA option must submit separate applications to both the MFA Visual Arts program and the MA Art History MA program and must be admitted to both programs. Apply online at  A complete online application will contain:

• Nonrefundable application fees for both applications
  MFA Visual Arts: $85 ($75 graduate application fee and $10 SlideRoom submission fee)
  MA Art History: $80 ($75 graduate application fee and the $5 SlideRoom submission fee)
• Completed graduate application forms

  MA Art History

• Three letters of recommendation
• Personal Statement
• 1-2 writing samples

  MFA Visual Arts

• Three letters of recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Portfolio

Complete Your Application
Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official transcripts (in envelopes sealed by the registrar) from all colleges attended.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

Mail your complete package to:

• Office of Admissions
  Purchase College
  735 Anderson Hill Rd.
  Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.

DEADLINES:
Fall: August 1, 2019
Spring: admission not offered

Application Requirements:
Apply online at http://purchase.slideroom.com. A complete online application will contain:

• Non-refundable application fee of $75 payable and $5 SlideRoom fee 
• Completed graduate application forms
• Up to three letters of recommendation
• Two written statements as follows:
  • What does entrepreneurship mean to you, particularly as it relates to arts and creativity? What is it about Purchase and this program that are designed to help you pursue this vision of creative entrepreneurship and how does it fit into your long-term career plan and goals? (500 words)
  • If you were able to build a creative enterprise from the ground up, what would it be and what would it look like? What product/service would it provide, who would the customer be, etc.? (500 words)
• Resume

 Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official academic transcripts from all colleges you have attended (including community college, transfer coursework, study abroad, summer session, etc):
  Paper transcripts should be submitted in envelopes sealed by the registrar’s office of your institution. Institutions that deliver official electronic transcripts can email them to admissions@purchase.edu.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

 Mail your complete package to:

• Office of Admissions
  ATTN: Graduate Admissions
  Purchase College
  735 Anderson Hill Rd.
  Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.

Prerequisites
Applicants must have demonstrable skills in the fundamentals of accounting.
If admitted without these demonstrable skills, they will need to take a basic accounting course at the collegiate level. This could be accomplished through enrollment in the SUNY online program, in which there are well over 100 online courses that would meet the prerequisite requirement. Admitted students would need to successfully complete such a course before the first semester of enrollment in the MA with a grade of B or higher (Finance for the Arts is offered in the first semester of the MA curriculum).

A basic undergraduate course in marketing, or significant documented experience at the professional level in marketing, is also required. Purchase College does offer a marketing class at the undergraduate level that would meet this prerequisite requirement. SUNY’s online program also offers numerous marketing classes. This prerequisite would need to be met before the second semester of enrollment in the MA with a grade of B or higher (Digital Marketing and the Arts is offered during the second semester of the MA curriculum).

DEADLINE

Fall:
Priority Deadline: March 1, 2020 - Decisions released by March 15, 2020 with Priority consideration for scholarship funding.

Rolling Deadline: Applications will be accepted until enrollment goals are met.

Spring: admission not offered

Application Requirements: 

• Apply Online at .  A complete online application will contain:
• A nonrefundable application fee of $75 and $5 SlideRoom fee
• Completed graduate application forms
•  2 letters of recommendation/reference
• Portfolio: Submit 3 recent projects you have authored. These documents can be images, sounds, programs, essays, reviews, or videos. Include pertinent information such at title, size, date, runtime, collaborators, and a short narrative description for all three projects (250-word maximum)

Complete Your Application
Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official academic transcripts from all colleges you have attended (including community college, transfer coursework, study abroad, summer session, etc):
  Paper transcripts should be submitted in envelopes sealed by the registrar’s office of your institution. Institutions that deliver official electronic transcripts can email them to admissions@purchase.edu.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

Mail your complete package to:

Office of Admissions
Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Rd
Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.

DEADLINES:
Fall: 
Application: January 1, 2020
Pre-screening audition online by January 8, 2020.

Spring: Applications and pre-screening audition online must be submitted by October 15, 2018. (select programs only). 

Apply online at http://purchase.slideroom.com. A complete online application will contain:

• Fee - $142: includes Non-refundable $75 graduate application fee of  $75 graduate, non-refundable $57 Conservatory of Music audition fee, and $10 SlideRoom fee.
• Completed graduate application forms
• Three letters of recommendation
• Pre-screening audition

Complete Your Application
Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official academic transcripts from all colleges you have attended (including community college, transfer coursework, study abroad, summer session, etc):
  Paper transcripts should be submitted in envelopes sealed by the registrar’s office of your institution. Institutions that deliver official electronic transcripts can email them to admissions@purchase.edu.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

Mail your complete package to:

• Office of Admissions
  ATTN: Graduate Admissions
  Purchase College
  735 Anderson Hill Rd
  Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.

DEADLINES:
Fall: February 1, 2020
Spring: admission not offered

Application Requirements:
Apply online at . A complete online application will contain:

• A nonrefundable application fee of $85 payable online with a valid credit card or electronic check. This fee includes the $75 graduate application fee and the $10 SlideRoom submission fee.
• Completed graduate application forms
• Three letters of recommendation
• Personal Statement
• Portfolio

Complete Your Application
Submit all of the following in one package:

• Official academic transcripts from all colleges you have attended (including community college, transfer coursework, study abroad, summer session, etc):
  Paper transcripts should be submitted in envelopes sealed by the registrar’s office of your institution. Institutions that deliver official electronic transcripts can email them to admissions@purchase.edu.
• TOEFL score, if required (see International Student Application Instructions)

Mail your complete package to:

• Office of Admissions
  Purchase College
  735 Anderson Hill Rd.
  Purchase, NY 10577

Your application will not be considered complete until you have submitted all required official transcripts and, if applicable, test scores to the above address.