Which SUNY Purchase College major has the lowest debt?

Anthropology graduates leave with a median of $15,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 SUNY Purchase College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does SUNY Purchase College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,953 a year, and $19,203 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $18,913 a year.

How many SUNY Purchase College programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at SUNY Purchase College report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

SUNY Purchase College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

SUNY at Purchase College
Public college
Purchase, NY
3,197 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 SUNY Purchase College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Sociology pays the most in the first year ($35,124), and Dance the least ($12,039). The median program pays $22,011.

In-state tuition and fees$8,953Per year. Out-of-state $19,203

Average net price after aid$18,913Per year

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

Admission rate74%Of applicants

All 19 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	SociologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$35,124	$46,700	$19,949	16th of 38
2	EconomicsAbout 11 graduates a year	$34,297	$70,695	$23,250	34th of 36
3	BiologyAbout 22 graduates a year	$33,914	$59,050	$24,237	21st of 65
4	CommunicationsAbout 59 graduates a year	$31,881	$49,750	$24,000	24th of 48
5	Other Visual and Performing ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$31,175	$59,410	$24,363	1st of 2
6	PsychologyAbout 61 graduates a year	$27,838	$51,651	$24,250	54th of 65
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 42 graduates a year	$25,197	$44,688	$25,000	21st of 22
8	HistoryAbout 16 graduates a year	$23,803	Not reported	$22,076	27th of 35
9	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 23 graduates a year	$22,024	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 6
10	JournalismAbout 18 graduates a year	$22,011	$48,662	$23,947	17th of 17
11	Film and PhotographyAbout 47 graduates a year	$18,128	$37,180	$26,949	17th of 18
12	TheatreAbout 139 graduates a year	$18,090	$42,645	$26,000	19th of 31
13	AnthropologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$18,085	Not reported	$15,375	11th of 14
14	Arts ManagementAbout 48 graduates a year	$18,079	$41,761	$22,418	10th of 10
15	MusicAbout 49 graduates a year	$17,887	$31,045	$22,179	11th of 15
16	Writing and RhetoricAbout 11 graduates a year	$16,556	$32,973	$23,250	12th of 12
17	Other Social SciencesGraduates a year not reported	$15,273	$38,252	Not reported	9th of 9
18	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 50 graduates a year	$14,984	$30,385	$23,850	35th of 35
19	DanceAbout 41 graduates a year	$12,039	$21,932	$27,000	9th of 9

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Sociology$35,124
Economics$34,297
Biology$33,914
Communications$31,881
Other Visual and Performing Arts$31,175

Lowest median debt

Anthropology$15,375
Sociology$19,949
History$22,076
Music$22,179
Arts Management$22,418

Largest programs

TheatreAbout 139 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 61 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 59 graduates a year
Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 50 graduates a year
MusicAbout 49 graduates a year

Common questions

Sociology graduates earn a median of $35,124 in their first year, the most of 19 SUNY Purchase College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels