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SUNY Purchase College

SUNY Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400

Official telephone: (914) 251-6000
Website: https://www.purchase.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 79%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 170 men, 239 women
Full-time faculty: 39 men, 43 women
Part-time faculty: 131 men, 196 women
Graduation rate: 62% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, internships
Cooperative programs are offered: no
Graduate schools/programs are offered: no
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Acting
  • Anthropology, General
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Chemistry, General
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
  • Environmental Studies
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Literature
  • Graphic Design
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Journalism
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music, General
  • Music, Other
  • Musical Theatre
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Painting
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photography
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Playwriting and Screenwriting
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Printmaking
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Sculpture
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Voice and Opera
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Diplomas

  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Dance, General
  • Music Performance, General
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cinematography and Film/Video Production
  • Dance, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Music, General
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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