SUNY at Purchase College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY at Purchase College

SUNY at Purchase College operates as a public institution located in Purchase, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 3,197 students of which 3,619 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. SUNY at Purchase College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 74.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,312 and an ACT midpoint of 29. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,913, with published in-state tuition of $8,953 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,067, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.3%. Graduates earn a median of $45,092 ten years after enrolling, compared with $31,229 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 171900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 52.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.