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Sarah Lawrence College was awarded 38 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental & social health services.
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Sarah Lawrence landed the #774 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Sarah Lawrence also holds the #51 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
If you're applying to Sarah Lawrence College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 15% of students accepted to Sarah Lawrence submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 750. Math scores were between 590 and 720.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Sarah Lawrence it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Sarah Lawrence College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 88% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Sarah Lawrence College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Sarah Lawrence for first-time, full-time students is 68%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,292 undergraduates at Sarah Lawrence with 1,274 being full-time and 18 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,566 | $25,765 | $28,391 | $33,079 | $41,475 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Sarah Lawrence, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Sarah Lawrence, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $7,077 a year. That adds up to $28,308 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Sarah Lawrence is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Sarah Lawrence are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Meadway, Bronxville, NY 10708 |
| Phone: | 914-337-0700 |
| Website: | www.sarahlawrence.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sarahlawrencecollege |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/SarahLawrence |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 295 | $24,028 |
| Writing Studies | 0 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 0 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 0 | NA |
| Public Health | 0 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 0 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 0 | NA |
| Other Social Sciences | 0 | NA |
| Dance | 0 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 0 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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