Test-optionalEA
Purchase College, SUNY
NY · Public · Mid-Atlantic
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate74%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Early Action (Liberal Arts and Sciences and Art+Design only), non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:
Testing
Testing policy
Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Superscoring
What this means:
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
The saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 9, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡8%SAT 6% + ACT 2%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT6%
46 students
Submitted ACT2%
14 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1198.0–1363.0 median 1300
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
620.0–710.0 median 670
500800
SAT Math
565.0–670.0 median 630
500800
ACT composite
27.0–30.0 median 29
2036
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
SAT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
ACT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 3,341 | 51.5% | Not reported | 48% | 39% | 9% | 1070-1250 | Not reported | |||
| 2020-21 ↗ | 3,386 | 73.7% | Not reported | 33% | 25% | 8% | ERW 560-660, Math 540-620 | 24-30 | |||
| 2021-22 ↗ | 3,052 | 75.4% | Not reported | 14% | 12% | 2% | 1150-1320 | Not reported | |||
| 2022-23 ↗ | 4,292 | 77.6% | Not reported | 13% | 11% | 2% | 1190-1350 | 28-31 | |||
| 2023-24 ↗ | 5,259 | 72.8% | Not reported | 12% | 10% | 2% | 1200-1353 | 27-32 | |||
| 2024-25 ↗ | 5,809 | 74% | Not reported | 8% | 6% | 2% | 1198.0-1363.0 | 27.0-30.0 | |||
| 2025-26 | Common Data Set not found online | ||||||||||
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS