Enrollment Trends at Sarah Lawrence

The student population at Sarah Lawrence College is 1,798 (1,582 undergraduate and 216 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 155 (9.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sarah Lawrence is 87.99% which is increased by 234 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 79 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 24 male students for every 100 female students, down from 34 in 2015.
4 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -20.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,696 where 1,798 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,798 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,506 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,643 to 1,798 students, a net gain of 155 (9.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,643	1,348	373	975	295	41	254
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
2023-24	1,743 47	1,521 59	308 7	1,213 52	222 -12	29 -4	193 -8
2024-25	1,798 55	1,582 61	324 16	1,258 45	216 -6	29	187 -6
Average	1,696	1,441	349	1,092	255	39	216

Sarah Lawrence College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,441 where 1,582 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 Sarah Lawrence College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,521	1,498	300	1,198	23	8	15
2024-25	1,582	1,559	319	1,240	23	5	18
Average	1,441	1,441	344	1,079	1,441	5	13

Sarah Lawrence College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 255 where 216 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 Sarah Lawrence College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	222	183	26	157	39	3	36
2024-25	216	178	25	153	38	4	34
Average	255	255	34	180	255	5	36

Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.62%. The percentage was 51.98% 10 years ago and Sarah Lawrence still has a high percentage of white students. 5.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 51.98% to 59.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.14% to 5.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.90% to 4.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.43% to 11.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6219 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7135 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sarah Lawrence 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	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
2023-24	1	82	74	179	2	1,021	96
2024-25	2	93	87	212	4	1,072	110
Average	1	77	78	160	1	944	97

Sarah Lawrence College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -20.00% since 2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sarah Lawrence College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,643	0	0	1,643
2016-17	1,736	0	0	1,736
2017-18	1,696	0	0	1,696
2018-19	1,709	0	5	1,704
2019-20	1,670	0	1	1,669
2020-21	1,506	0	0	1,506
2021-22	1,766	0	0	1,766
2022-23	1,696	0	0	1,696
2023-24	1,743	5	0	1,738
2024-25	1,798	4	78	1,716
Average	1,696	1	8	1,687

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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

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