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What will Purchase make possible for you?
Welcome to
a college as
unique
as you.
A diverse community of unconventional thinkers have found a home for their big ideas at Purchase College. We bet you’ll fit right in.
Acting
Anthropology
Art History
Art History (MA)
Art+Design Foundations Program
Arts and Cultural Management (MA)
Arts Management
Arts Management: Music Industry
Arts Management: Performing Arts
Arts Open Access Courses
Asian Studies
Biochemistry
Biology
Biology: Concentrations
Chemistry
Chinese
Cinema and Television Studies
College and Expository Writing
Communications
Composition (Classical)
Contemplative Studies
Creative Writing
Dance Performance
Dance Performance: Ballet
Dance Performance: Composition
Dance Performance: Production
Early Childhood Development
Economics
Education Studies
English and Global Literatures
Environmental Studies
Fabrication and Material Processes
Film
Film/Video Production
French
Gender Studies
General Studies
Global Black Studies
Global Studies
Graphic Design
Graphic Design: Illustration
History
Instrumental Performance
Instrumental Performance: Brass
Instrumental Performance: Classical Guitar
Instrumental Performance: Harp
Instrumental Performance: Percussion
Instrumental Performance: Piano
Instrumental Performance: Strings
Instrumental Performance: Woodwinds
Italian
Jazz Studies
Jewish Studies
Journalism
Language and Culture
Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Law and Justice Studies
Liberal Arts
Linguistics
Mathematics/Computer Science
Media Studies
Museum Studies
Music Minor
New Media
Painting and Drawing
Philosophy and Critical Thought
Photography
Playwriting
Playwriting and Screenwriting
Political Science
Printmaking
Psychology
Screenwriting
Sculpture
Sociology
Spanish
Studio Composition
Studio Production
Television Theory and Practice
Theatre and Performance
Theatre Design/Technology
Theatre Design/Technology: Costume Design
Theatre Design/Technology: Costume Technology
Theatre Design/Technology: Lighting Design
Theatre Design/Technology: Scenic Design
Theatre Design/Technology: Sound Design
Theatre Design/Technology: Stage Management
Theatre Design/Technology: Technical Direction
Undeclared
Visual Arts (BS)
Visual Arts Graduate Programs
Visual Arts Minor
Visual Arts, Interdisciplinary (BFA)
Voice and Opera Studies
Think
WIDE
open
#8
Top Public Schools
(
U.S. News and World Report)
79%
Undergrad Students Receive Financial Aid
$2.4m
Merit and Talent Scholarships Awarded
12:1
Student to Faculty Ratio
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What we value
Sustainability
Ranging in scale—from light bulbs and plastic bottles to entire buildings—our sustainability efforts represent a core value.
Recent Efforts
Culture of Inclusivity
Feel the raw energy created by the amazing blend of people who unabashedly express themselves as they choose, in a judgment-free environment.
Campus Life
Top Story
Purchase Named a Top Ten Public School
The college holds the
#8
spot on
US News & World Report’s
Top Public Schools
list among
National Liberal Arts Colleges
for 2026.
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The Performing Arts Center
Neuberger Museum of Art
Come to Purchase and
build
create
debate
write
analyze
calculate
sculpt
render
explore
create
your vision.
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