Purchase College Business Programs

Purchase College is a public institution situated in Purchase, New York. The suburban atmosphere of Purchase makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

Where Is Purchase College?

Contact details for Purchase College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Phone:	914-251-6000
Website:	www.purchase.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPurchaseCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/SUNY_Purchase

How Do I Get Into Purchase College?

You can apply to Purchase College online at: https://www.purchase.edu/admissions/apply-to-purchase/

Admission Requirements for Purchase College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Purchase College?

Purchase College has an acceptance rate of 74%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to Purchase College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 620.

Purchase College received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 33. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Purchase College?

The overall average net price of Purchase College is $29,421. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Purchase College, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,869 a year. That adds up to $27,476 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Purchase College is 7.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Purchase College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,600 undergraduate students at Purchase College, with 3,248 being full-time and 352 being part-time.

There are also 85 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,248 full-time undergraduates at Purchase College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Purchase College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	130
Black or African American	447
Hispanic or Latino	871
White	1,564
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	190

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Purchase College. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at Purchase College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Japan.

Online Learning at Purchase College

In 2019-2020, 3,623 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Purchase College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Purchase College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Purchase College was 14,816.1%. This is the #22 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Purchase College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Purchase College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Economics	23	0	23
Entrepreneurship	0	7	7
TOTAL	23	7	30

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Rschaming under License

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