- The Inkwell
- New York
- Russell Sage College
Troy, NYCity: smallZIP 12180Founded 1916
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1916
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- sage.edu
- Member of
- WCC
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Russell Sage College
Russell Sage College is a private nonprofit university in Troy, New York, with 1,244 undergraduates. It admits 53% of applicants, graduates 59% within six years and costs $21,084 a year after aid.
59%graduate
Admission rate53%
Retention78%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share45%
Federal loans77%
$21,084net price / year
53%admission rate
—average SAT
59%graduate in 6 years
$61,760median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,212median debt
#704 of 1,704 for earnings#952 of 1,739 for lowest net price#723 of 1,738 for graduation rate#275 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $51,697tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,812
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,812
- Average net price
- $21,084national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,978
$30,001–48,000$17,113
$48,001–75,000$19,831
$75,001–110,000$26,121
$110,001+$28,440
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 53%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college53%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college78%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college59%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college45%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 59%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 67%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,493
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,760middle 50%: $40,150–$82,860
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,212
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$82,860
Median, Russell Sage College$61,760
Lower quarter$40,150
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,244
- Part-time
- 2.3%
- Women / men
- 67% / 33%
- Average age at entry
- 22.4
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 84%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,600 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,669
- Endowment, end of year
- $46,682,616
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White57%
Hispanic13%
Black12%
Asian5.0%
Two or more races3.0%
U.S. nonresident0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown8.7%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions43%
Education14%
Business & management12%
Visual & performing arts9.1%
Social sciences7.6%
Psychology5.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.2%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies1.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 195128. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1726892.