Enrollment Trends at Purchase College

The student population at SUNY at Purchase College is 3,333 (3,257 undergraduate and 76 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 836 (20.05%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Purchase College is 97.72% which is decreased by 820 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 16 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 78 in 2015.
29 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 625.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,783 where 3,333 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,234 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,182 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,169 to 3,333 students, a net loss of 836 (20.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,169	4,077	1,783	2,294	92	46	46
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	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
2023-24	3,229 47	3,165 58	1,307 10	1,858 48	64 -11	33 -6	31 -5
2024-25	3,333 104	3,257 92	1,356 49	1,901 43	76 12	38 5	38 7
Average	3,783	3,695	1,552	2,142	89	43	46

SUNY at Purchase College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,695 where 3,257 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	3,165	2,918	1,190	1,728	247	117	130
2024-25	3,257	3,024	1,244	1,780	233	112	121
Average	3,695	3,695	1,402	1,971	3,695	150	172

SUNY at Purchase College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 89 where 76 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY at Purchase College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	64	50	28	22	14	5	9
2024-25	76	59	32	27	17	6	11
Average	89	89	39	39	89	4	7

SUNY at Purchase College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.31% and the percentage of black students is 12.06% at SUNY at Purchase College. 4.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.31% to 47.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.62% to 4.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.67% to 12.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.22% to 28.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6779 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6628 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY at Purchase College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	2	126	384	794	3	1,645	199
2024-25	4	135	402	935	2	1,577	194
Average	5	156	447	878	5	1,939	196

SUNY at Purchase College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

29 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 625.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY at Purchase College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,229	49	743	2,437
2024-25	3,333	29	765	2,539
Average	3,783	295	666	2,823

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Enrollment Trends at Purchase College

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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