Sarah Lawrence College At A Glance

Character

Founded in 1926, Sarah Lawrence is a coeducational liberal arts college with a distinctive academic philosophy emphasizing the individual student.

Campus

Sarah Lawrence College occupies 44 wooded acres in Yonkers, NY, near the village of Bronxville—just north of New York City. A 30-minute train ride from the Bronxville station takes students into Midtown Manhattan.

Academic Program

The academic structure combines small seminar classes with individual, biweekly student-faculty conferences—plus studios, labs, performances, and internships. Undergraduates have nearly 50 disciplines from which to select courses. Graduate Studies includes nine distinct programs in which Masters students combine academic study with work in the field. Students receive written evaluations; grades are recorded for transcript purposes only.

Student Body

Our students are men and women who share an enthusiasm for intellectual rigor, academic risk taking, creativity in all disciplines, and original and interdisciplinary work. We are particularly committed to having our faculty, administration, and student body reflect the social, racial, and economic diversity that characterizes our society. The College’s 1,300 undergraduate students and 340 graduate students come from nearly every state and from 35 countries. Eighty-five percent of undergraduate students live on campus.

Faculty

With a 10:1 student-faculty ratio, small seminars comprising more than 90 percent of all classes, and individual conferences a required part of every seminar, Sarah Lawrence faculty have twice the student contact as professors at other institutions.

Facilities

In addition to our round-tabled classrooms, Sarah Lawrence has outstanding theatres, art and performance studios, and music spaces; modern science labs; state-of-the-art graphic computing equipment; competitive sports facilities; a 60,000-square-foot visual arts center; and newly renovated dining facilities.

Visiting Campus

Prospective students and their families are welcome to visit Sarah Lawrence year-round. Open houses, campus tours, information sessions, personal interviews, class visits, and overnight stays with current students are all available. For more information, please explore the undergraduateor graduate Plan a Visit sites.

Contact

For undergraduate students

Office of Admission
Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708
(800) 888-2858 • (914) 395-2510
slcadmit@sarahlawrence.edu

For graduate students

Graduate Admissions
Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708
(914) 395-2371
grad@sarahlawrence.edu

College-Wide Statistics

Number of students

Undergraduate: 1328
Graduate: 342
Total: 1670

Undergraduate Student Body

Female: 71%
Male: 29%
Students of Color: 25%
International Students: 7%

Graduate Student Body

Female: 85%
Male: 15%
Students of Color: 19%
15 countries represented
62% between the ages of 22-29
38% over age 30
Of those over age 40, 50% are over 50

State representation:
45 states plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

States sending most students:
California and New York

Nations represented among our student body:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom