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Academics & Majors

Graduation Statistics

51%

graduate within six years
  • 52% within eight years
  • 38% within four years
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973 Graduates
SUNY at Purchase College offers bachelors through masters degrees.
Bachelor's Master's

Faculty Overview

560 Faculty
Full Time
  • 382 Instructional
  • 9 Research
  • 0 Public Service
Part Time
  • 169 Instructional
  • 0 Research
  • 0 Public Service

Study Options

Distance Learning

Can't make it to the campus? This college has remote classroom options.

Study Abroad Opportunities

This college has programs to study and gain cultural experiences in countries around the world.

Weekend Programs

This college offers weekend classes.

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Programs & Majors

Graduates in 2009/2010 academic year.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies Bachelor Master
Women's Studies 4 -
Biological and Biomedical Sciences Bachelor Master
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 29 -
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Bachelor Master
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 20 -
Journalism 39 -
Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services Bachelor Master
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant 21 -
English Language and Literature/Letters Bachelor Master
Creative Writing 17 -
English Literature (British and Commonwealth) 36 -
Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor Master
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 9 -
History Bachelor Master
History, General 38 -
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor Master
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 67 -
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 119 -
Mathematics and Statistics Bachelor Master
Mathematics, General 11 -
Natural Resources and Conservation Bachelor Master
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 13 -
Philosophy and Religious Studies Bachelor Master
Philosophy 11 -
Physical Sciences Bachelor Master
Chemistry, General 1 -
Psychology Bachelor Master
Psychology, General 35 -
Social Sciences Bachelor Master
Anthropology 18 -
Economics, General 20 -
Political Science and Government, General 16 -
Social Sciences, Other 18 -
Sociology 29 -
Visual and Performing Arts Bachelor Master
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 16 6
Arts Management 23 -
Cinematography and Film/Video Production 38 -
Commercial and Advertising Art 18 -
Dance, General 36 8
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 32 -
Jazz/Jazz Studies 17 -
Music Performance, General 13 -
Music Theory and Composition 28 -
Music, General 1 36
Music, Other 15 -
Painting 19 -
Playwriting and Screenwriting 16 -
Printmaking 12 -
Sculpture 6 -
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 27 2
Visual and Performing Arts, General 19 5
Voice and Opera 9 -