Enrollment Trends at Sarah Lawrence

The student population at Sarah Lawrence College is 1,696 (1,462 undergraduate and 234 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 86 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sarah Lawrence is 86.20% which is decreased by 9 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 77 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 4.08 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Sarah Lawrence College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,697 where 1,696 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.20% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.80% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 9 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 77 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.08 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Sarah Lawrence than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sarah Lawrence College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,782	1,471	409	1,062	311	53	258
2014-15	1,761 -21	1,437 -34	415 6	1,022 -40	324 13	58 5	266 8
2015-16	1,643 -118	1,348 -89	373 -42	975 -47	295 -29	41 -17	254 -12
2016-17	1,736 93	1,438 90	408 35	1,030 55	298 3	45 4	253 -1
2017-18	1,696 -40	1,399 -39	399 -9	1,000 -30	297 -1	56 11	241 -12
2018-19	1,709 13	1,410 11	376 -23	1,034 34	299 2	55 -1	244 3
2019-20	1,670 -39	1,433 23	361 -15	1,072 38	237 -62	37 -18	200 -44
2020-21	1,506 -164	1,292 -141	306 -55	986 -86	214 -23	24 -13	190 -10
2021-22	1,766 260	1,529 237	334 28	1,195 209	237 23	39 15	198 8
2022-23	1,696 -70	1,462 -67	301 -33	1,161 -34	234 -3	33 -6	201 3
Average	1,697	1,422	368	1,054	275	44	231

Sarah Lawrence College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,422 where 1,462 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sarah Lawrence College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,471	1,441	402	1,039	30	7	23
2014-15	1,437	1,415	408	1,007	22	7	15
2015-16	1,348	1,327	367	960	21	6	15
2016-17	1,438	1,417	402	1,015	21	6	15
2017-18	1,399	1,384	394	990	15	5	10
2018-19	1,410	1,396	373	1,023	14	3	11
2019-20	1,433	1,421	360	1,061	12	1	11
2020-21	1,292	1,274	300	974	18	6	12
2021-22	1,529	1,512	331	1,181	17	3	14
2022-23	1,462	1,445	294	1,151	17	7	10
Average	1,422	1,422	363	1,040	1,422	5	14

Sarah Lawrence College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 275 where 234 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sarah Lawrence College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	311	260	47	213	51	6	45
2014-15	324	292	53	239	32	5	27
2015-16	295	245	35	210	50	6	44
2016-17	298	251	40	211	47	5	42
2017-18	297	256	53	203	41	3	38
2018-19	299	259	52	207	40	3	37
2019-20	237	204	34	170	33	3	30
2020-21	214	180	19	161	34	5	29
2021-22	237	193	31	162	44	8	36
2022-23	234	192	27	165	42	6	36
Average	275	275	39	194	275	5	36

Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.02%. The percentage was 57.18% 10 years ago and Sarah Lawrence still has a high percentage of white students. 5.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sarah Lawrence College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	1	69	76	158	2	1,019	83
2014-15	1	67	71	151	1	999	91
2015-16	1	68	64	155	1	854	106
2016-17	1	74	82	150	1	876	110
2017-18	2	75	80	146	1	916	104
2018-19	1	77	86	152	0	924	102
2019-20	1	75	74	145	0	972	79
2020-21	0	72	78	140	0	864	76
2021-22	1	72	78	146	1	957	97
2022-23	1	85	73	176	1	984	88
Average	1	73	76	152	1	937	94

Sarah Lawrence College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Sarah Lawrence

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes