Manhattanville, St. John's, or SUNY Purchase?

techmom99
Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:04:35 +0000

Purchase is an arts college, primarily. It offers majors in things like psych, bio, etc, but it is definitely an arts college, Its theater programs are top rated. It has a film program, but I don’t really know much about it. I actually didn’t realize there was a Manhattanville College. I was thinking of Manhattan College when I first read your post.

It appears that Manhattanville and Purchase are located in the same area and you said the COA would be the same for you whichever you choose. I would then focus on the differences. Manhattanville is very small, less than 2K students. Purchase isn’t that large, either, but is twice as big as M. Compare the actual classes in your program - print out the degree map from each school and see what is required, for the major and as gen eds and electives. How large are the classes? How many majors, how many instructors? What are the facilities like? Don’t be taken in by gorgeous facilities. Make sure what they have fits your needs. Is there a study abroad? One perk of SUNY attendance is that you can enroll in any SUNY school’s programs so if your school doesn’t offer the country you want, you can find it at another school.

Good luck with your choice. As for me, I am a big proponent of SUNY.