Enrollment Trends at Purchase College

The student population at SUNY at Purchase College is 3,182 (3,107 undergraduate and 75 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,058 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Purchase College is 97.64% which is decreased by 1,021 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 37 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

60 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,900.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,008 where 3,182 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,021 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 37 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Purchase College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,240	4,128	1,830	2,298	112	59	53
2013-14	4,353 113	4,239 111	1,884 54	2,355 57	114 2	53 -6	61 8
2014-15	4,225 -128	4,124 -115	1,854 -30	2,270 -85	101 -13	49 -4	52 -9
2015-16	4,169 -56	4,077 -47	1,783 -71	2,294 24	92 -9	46 -3	46 -6
2016-17	4,156 -13	4,053 -24	1,765 -18	2,288 -6	103 11	48 2	55 9
2017-18	4,167 11	4,063 10	1,742 -23	2,321 33	104 1	46 -2	58 3
2018-19	4,234 67	4,134 71	1,721 -21	2,413 92	100 -4	49 3	51 -7
2019-20	4,157 -77	4,051 -83	1,698 -23	2,353 -60	106 6	49 0	57 6
2020-21	3,685 -472	3,600 -451	1,441 -257	2,159 -194	85 -21	42 -7	43 -14
2021-22	3,522 -163	3,439 -161	1,412 -29	2,027 -132	83 -2	43 1	40 -3
2022-23	3,182 -340	3,107 -332	1,297 -115	1,810 -217	75 -8	39 -4	36 -4
Average	4,008	3,910	1,675	2,235	98	48	50

SUNY at Purchase College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,910 where 3,107 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,128	3,721	1,647	2,074	407	183	224
2013-14	4,239	3,847	1,692	2,155	392	192	200
2014-15	4,124	3,746	1,675	2,071	378	179	199
2015-16	4,077	3,678	1,588	2,090	399	195	204
2016-17	4,053	3,673	1,584	2,089	380	181	199
2017-18	4,063	3,712	1,566	2,146	351	176	175
2018-19	4,134	3,767	1,568	2,199	367	153	214
2019-20	4,051	3,709	1,550	2,159	342	148	194
2020-21	3,600	3,248	1,281	1,967	352	160	192
2021-22	3,439	3,145	1,264	1,881	294	148	146
2022-23	3,107	2,855	1,187	1,668	252	110	142
Average	3,910	3,910	1,509	2,045	3,910	166	190

SUNY at Purchase College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 98 where 75 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	112	101	55	46	11	4	7
2013-14	114	102	45	57	12	8	4
2014-15	101	87	42	45	14	7	7
2015-16	92	87	44	43	5	2	3
2016-17	103	97	45	52	6	3	3
2017-18	104	97	45	52	7	1	6
2018-19	100	91	44	47	9	5	4
2019-20	106	97	43	54	9	6	3
2020-21	85	68	35	33	17	7	10
2021-22	83	69	38	31	14	5	9
2022-23	75	62	35	27	13	4	9
Average	98	98	43	44	98	5	6

SUNY at Purchase College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.31% and the percentage of black students is 12.70% at SUNY at Purchase College. 4.18% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY at Purchase College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	5	99	291	639	5	2,147	117
2013-14	8	144	329	757	4	2,403	175
2014-15	6	151	363	780	2	2,284	201
2015-16	15	151	403	718	5	2,264	185
2016-17	12	157	446	764	7	2,183	199
2017-18	2	184	498	909	7	2,237	197
2018-19	2	192	501	986	7	2,209	214
2019-20	7	189	501	1,013	7	2,126	200
2020-21	6	150	487	949	3	1,816	191
2021-22	2	147	444	886	3	1,762	196
2022-23	1	133	404	824	2	1,569	181
Average	6	154	424	839	5	2,091	187

SUNY at Purchase College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

60 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,900.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY at Purchase College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,225	3	103	4,119
2015-16	4,169	4	20	4,145
2016-17	4,156	7	91	4,058
2017-18	4,167	0	0	4,167
2018-19	4,234	1	47	4,186
2019-20	4,157	4	75	4,078
2020-21	3,685	2,366	1,257	62
2021-22	3,522	428	2,516	578
2022-23	3,182	60	1,145	1,977
Average	3,944	319	584	3,041

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