1 Mead Way
Bronxville, NY 10708

Located on a 41-acre campus in the city of Yonkers, bordering the village of Bronxville and just a 30-minute train ride from Midtown Manhattan, Sarah Lawrence college enrolls over 1,300 students each year from all 50 states and more than 30 countries.

Founded 75 years ago as a women's-only college, Sarah Lawrence College started accepting men in the 1960s. A liberal arts focused college, Sarah Lawrence College opened in the middle of the Great Depression and has thrived.

Sarah Lawrence College offers over 40 undergraduate degree programs at four schools: History and the Social Sciences, humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Creative and Performing Arts. Sarah Lawrence College also offers graduate programs in art of teaching, child development, dance, health advocacy, human genetics, theater, women's history and writing.

Over 90 percent of Sarah Lawrence College students live on campus. This might be attributed to the unique situation of on campus life at Sarah Lawrence College, which consists of a mixture of apartment buildings with community members as tenants, former private homes, dorms, townhouses and president housing. Students may choose from a variety of styles of living. All dorms are equipped with voice mail and hook up into the college's intranet system.

Students may also choose to study abroad in one of Sarah Lawrence College's international programs in Paris, London, Oxford, Florence or Havana, Cuba. They may also choose to attend other schools throughout the country that participate in the exchange program.


Quick Facts:

Over 50 percent of Sarah Lawrence College students receive some form of financial aid.

While students at Sarah Lawrence College can be in one of the nation's largest cities in less than an hour, students don't have to leave campus to find activities, cultural and sporting events. The 48,000-seat Campbell Sports Center features a gymnasium, two basketball courts, indoor track, swimming pool and a dance studio. The campus performing arts center usually schedules more than 60 events per year in theater, dance and concerts.

Sarah Lawrence College boasts a 6:1 student to teacher ratio, a lower ratio than any other major undergraduate school in the country. Among faculty members are working and respected professionals from the arts, as well as scholars.

There are over 50 cultural/ethnic, academic, social, sports and other types of clubs on campus at Sarah Lawrence College in which students may participate.

Sarah Lawrence College has several intercollegiate sports teams, which include men's basketball; women's volleyball, softball and swimming and men's and women's tennis, crew and equestrian sports.

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