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SUNY at Purchase College Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at SUNY at Purchase College?
27 of 27 programs shown
Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.
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| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics small degree count | 15 | $63,207 | — |
| Biology, General small degree count | 19 | $55,718 | — |
| Sociology | 22 | $53,042 | — |
| Journalism small degree count | 19 | $52,859 | — |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | 43 | $51,954 | — |
| Literature | 26 | $49,153 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 33 | $47,922 | — |
| Psychology, General | 66 | $47,022 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies | 80 | $46,596 | — |
| History | 39 | $45,661 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | 65 | $43,265 | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 23 | $42,372 | — |
| Music | 53 | $41,926 | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 14 | $40,048 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 149 | $39,974 | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 29 | $39,791 | — |
| Dance | 56 | $30,406 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 34 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Mathematics small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Philosophy small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Chemistry small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Political Science and Government small degree count | 12 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 62 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Design and Applied Arts | 29 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at SUNY at Purchase College?
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How do SUNY at Purchase College majors rank nationally?
National program ranks are not reported for this school.
Further analysis
The degree mix at SUNY at Purchase College is anchored in the arts: Visual & Performing Arts accounts for 51.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Communication & Journalism at 14.0% and Psychology at 7.0%. 17 programs at the university have published earnings data.
The largest single program is Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, with 149 degrees awarded in a year and median earnings of $39,974 four years after completion. Communication and Media Studies is the second largest at 80 degrees awarded, and its completers earn a median of $46,596 four years after completion.
The highest-earning program is a much smaller one: Economics completers earn a median of $63,207 four years after completion, from 15 degrees awarded a year. Across all fields, 5.4% of degrees are in STEM.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
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