Purchase College was ranked the 10th best public national liberal arts college and, including private liberal arts colleges, tied for 155th overall in U.S. News & World Report's 2021 college rankings.[19] Kiplinger ranked the school as the 86th "Best Value in Public Colleges" in 2018.[20] It was also listed as one of the 100 Best Value Public Colleges for the years 2013 and 2014 by the Princeton Review.[21] The Princeton Review rated the school's theatre as the second best.[21] Purchase was also listed as one of the Princeton Review's top 382 colleges for 2018.[22] Newsweek ranked the school's student body as the thirteenth most liberal in 2012.[23]