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

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.
 

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.

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.

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.