Stats and Rankings
Yes, we’re a Top Ten Public Liberal Arts College.
We’re not bragging, (OK, maybe a little).
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Nationally Ranked for Graduates Who Earn PhDs
According to the National Science Foundation survey.
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Purchase is Among the Best 388 in the Nation
That’s according to the Princeton Review’s Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.
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Purchase Selected for Fiske Guide 2024
Purchase joins 300 others among the “best and most interesting colleges in the U.S., Canada, and U.K.” in the 2024 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
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Purchase Noted as a Green College
Purchase College is happy to once again be included in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges.
3,226
Total Student Enrollment
13:1
Average Student-to-Faculty Ratio
52% / 42% / 6%
Undergraduate Students in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences / School of the Arts / Undeclared
15.7%
Incoming First-year Students who are First-generation College Students
70%
Undergrad Students Receiving Aid
$2.2m
Total of Merit and Talent Scholarships to Academically Qualified New and Returning Students
47 / 32 / 4
Majors / Minors / Graduate Programs
83%
New York State Residents
17
NCAA Division III Athletic Teams
Life After Purchase: Class of 2021
88.7%
Employed, enrolled in graduate or professional school, or both
10.7%
Enrolled in graduate or professional school
84%
Employed full or part-time including self-employment, performance, or artistic freelancing
67.4%
Working in a field directly or somewhat related to their academic study
Statistics gathered in our most recent Life After Purchase: First Destination Survey,