Enrollment Trends at Russell Sage

The student population at Russell Sage College is 2,790 (1,247 undergraduate and 1,543 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 107 (3.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Russell Sage is 44.70% which is decreased by 387 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 280 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, up from 23 in 2015.
279 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 8.56% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,488 where 2,790 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,897 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,064 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,897 to 2,790 students, a net loss of 107 (3.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Russell Sage College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,897	1,634	329	1,305	1,263	215	1,048
2016-17	2,713 -184	1,463 -171	291 -38	1,172 -133	1,250 -13	229 14	1,021 -27
2017-18	2,525 -188	1,305 -158	269 -22	1,036 -136	1,220 -30	199 -30	1,021
2018-19	2,633 108	1,465 160	310 41	1,155 119	1,168 -52	230 31	938 -83
2019-20	2,448 -185	1,332 -133	296 -14	1,036 -119	1,116 -52	197 -33	919 -19
2020-21	2,389 -59	1,271 -61	279 -17	992 -44	1,118 2	173 -24	945 26
2021-22	2,266 -123	1,197 -74	317 38	880 -112	1,069 -49	167 -6	902 -43
2022-23	2,159 -107	1,123 -74	310 -7	813 -67	1,036 -33	180 13	856 -46
2023-24	2,064 -95	1,080 -43	326 16	754 -59	984 -52	161 -19	823 -33
2024-25	2,790 726	1,247 167	408 82	839 85	1,543 559	316 155	1,227 404
Average	2,488	1,312	314	998	1,177	207	970

Russell Sage College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,312 where 1,247 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Russell Sage College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,634	1,417	282	1,135	217	47	170
2016-17	1,463	1,277	244	1,033	186	47	139
2017-18	1,305	1,156	228	928	149	41	108
2018-19	1,465	1,357	280	1,077	108	30	78
2019-20	1,332	1,231	268	963	101	28	73
2020-21	1,271	1,182	259	923	89	20	69
2021-22	1,197	1,149	305	844	48	12	36
2022-23	1,123	1,090	305	785	33	5	28
2023-24	1,080	1,054	320	734	26	6	20
2024-25	1,247	1,215	400	815	32	8	24
Average	1,312	1,312	289	924	1,312	24	75

Russell Sage College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,177 where 1,543 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Russell Sage College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,263	507	83	424	756	132	624
2016-17	1,250	493	80	413	757	149	608
2017-18	1,220	442	72	370	778	127	651
2018-19	1,168	430	93	337	738	137	601
2019-20	1,116	429	75	354	687	122	565
2020-21	1,118	411	66	345	707	107	600
2021-22	1,069	377	71	306	692	96	596
2022-23	1,036	374	73	301	662	107	555
2023-24	984	383	72	311	601	89	512
2024-25	1,543	468	102	366	1,075	214	861
Average	1,177	1,177	79	353	1,177	128	617

Russell Sage College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.91%. The percentage was 65.14% 10 years ago and Russell Sage still has a high percentage of white students. 4.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.14% to 54.91%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.45% to 4.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.67% to 14.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.15% to 11.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6598 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5573 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Russell Sage College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	9	100	309	207	3	1,887	79
2016-17	7	104	296	181	1	1,740	72
2017-18	9	96	272	192	2	1,609	59
2018-19	9	106	263	215	5	1,628	74
2019-20	14	116	239	207	5	1,488	83
2020-21	10	111	241	212	3	1,393	82
2021-22	6	114	235	222	2	1,370	71
2022-23	11	107	250	220	2	1,335	60
2023-24	13	99	238	221	3	1,275	61
2024-25	15	129	412	332	3	1,532	67
Average	10	108	276	221	3	1,526	71

Russell Sage College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

279 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 8.56% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Russell Sage College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,897	257	269	2,371
2016-17	2,713	351	174	2,188
2017-18	2,525	355	148	2,022
2018-19	2,633	326	158	2,149
2019-20	2,448	280	238	1,930
2020-21	2,389	307	1,350	732
2021-22	2,266	294	838	1,134
2022-23	2,159	261	483	1,415
2023-24	2,064	212	625	1,227
2024-25	2,790	279	1,115	1,396
Average	2,488	292	540	1,656

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Enrollment Trends at Russell Sage

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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