SUNY at Purchase College is harder to get into (74% vs 81% admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $19,338 vs $21,775 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$31,688
$30,079
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$21,775
$19,338
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$43,205
$29,938
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University at Buffalo
SUNY at Purchase College
Under $30,000
$15,725
$11,745
$30,000–$48,000
$17,036
$14,884
$48,000–$75,000
$21,440
$19,439
$75,000–$110,000
$24,611
$22,035
Over $110,000
$28,968
$26,988
After you start
Measure
University at Buffalo
SUNY at Purchase College
Undergrads
20,112
3,197
Graduate within 6 years
73%
62%
Come back for year two
85%
80%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$75,679
$53,737
Median debt at graduation
$19,000
$19,500
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers