Overview

The Arts Management Major is offered by Purchase College SUNY. The arts management program here provides training for anyone passionate about sharing the arts with the world.

Key Facts

We equip arts management graduates with the knowledge, skills, experience, and confidence to pursue advanced study in arts management or to flourish in careers within the arts, entertainment, and other creative industries. The B.A. in arts management at Purchase College serves students with a broad range of interests who share the desire to empower artists and facilitate arts presentation. Alumni move onto a wide variety of careers across creative entities, such as museums and galleries, recording labels, and arts venues and festivals, among many others. This degree also fully prepares students who wish to pursue graduate study. The curriculum provides a broad introduction to business models, managerial roles, and practices common to a range of arts enterprises in the nonprofit and commercial sectors. Core courses complement upper-level electives, internships, and independent-study opportunities to deepen your understanding and skills relevant to specific arts and entertainment settings and roles. The program design allows the space and freedom to select your focus.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Arts Management

Finance for the Arts

Arts and Entertainment in Economics

Communicating the Arts

Funding the Arts
Marketing the Arts

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-03 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

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Fall: Rolling Admissions

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

Visual Arts Management of Creative Industries View 1635 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Generally, successful freshman applicants have earned a GPA of 3.0 (or 85 on a 100 point scale).Purchase does not require scores from the SAT or ACT exam (with exceptions), though applicants are given the option to submit them. It is recommended that test scores be submitted only if it is believed to benefit the application. For applicants who are considering submitting scores, we typically prefer the following:

SAT: 1170 total score; minimum Reading score of 24
ACT: 24 Composite

Students who are required to submit test scores include:

Applicants who are homeschooled
International students, who will need to provide a TOEFL score
Applicants who attended secondary schools that provide only narrative evaluations rather than some form of grading scale

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17670 USD / year

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Out-of-State

17670 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

7070 USD / year

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Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Domestic

Living costs

New York City

Funding

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