Purchase College earned 16 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 5 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #13 of 945 in Most Popular for Drama & Theater Arts, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.
SUNY at Purchase College holds 16 ranking badges across 3 fields of study, 8 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The current ranking cycle is 2026 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
| Award Level | Badges |
|---|---|
| Top 1% | 0 |
| Top 5% | 8 |
| Top 10% | 5 |
| Top 15% | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
SUNY at Purchase College is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 12 of its 16 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Drama & Theater Arts, Dance and Music.
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Journalism | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Radio, TV & Digital Communication | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
| Ranking | Top 15% | Top 10% | Top 5% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Arts & Media Management | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Dance | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Drama & Theater Arts | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Fine & Studio Arts | ||||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| General Visual & Performing Arts | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ | |||
| Music | ||||
| Most Popular | ✓ | |||
| Most Focused | ✓ |
SUNY at Purchase College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #866 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 18%).
These rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. SUNY at Purchase College appears in 147 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
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