Purchase College Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At SUNY at Purchase College, the graduation rates was 62.77% (553 students out of 881 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 196 male and 357 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at SUNY at Purchase College. Last year, the graduation rate was 62.77%. where 553 students out of 881 candidate completed their degree.

456 students completed their course in 4 years and 78 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 19 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At SUNY at Purchase College, 8 of 11 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 72.73%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at SUNY at Purchase College is 22.81% (201 out of 881 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At SUNY at Purchase College, the retention rate is 80% for full-time students and 40 % for part-time students.