1916
Founded in Troy, New York by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage
Motto
Esse Scire Facere (“To Be. To Know. To Do.”)
10:1
student-to-faculty ratio
16 students
average class size (12:1 student/faculty ratio)
Student Diversity
37% minority students
Global Connections
Students from Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Liberia, Republic of Korea,
Serbia, Spain, Philippines, and Uruguay.
91%
of students from New York State (including 59% Capital Region)
9%
from out of state
50+
More than 50 bachelor’s, master’s and doctorates; 11 entirely online
240
miles north of Philadelphia
220
miles south of Montréal
150
miles north of New York City
miles west of Boston
miles east of Syracuse
22
men’s and women’s sports teams, NCAA Division III Empire 8 Conference
356
employees (including 125 full-time faculty)
39,839
living alumni
Enrollment Fall 2025 (3,123 Students)
- Russell Sage College Undergraduate: 1,208
- Sage Graduate Schools: 1,893 students (13,308 total credit hours)
- School of Arts & Sciences: 129 credit hours
- Esteves School of Education: 7,083 credit hours
- School of Health Sciences: 5,594 credit hours
- School of Management: 394 credit hours
- Non-Matriculated: 108 credit hours
- School of Professional and Continuing Education: 148 credit hours
Location
- 150 miles north of New York City
- 150 miles west of Boston
- 150 miles east of Syracuse
- 220 miles south of Montréal
- 240 miles north of Philadelphia
Campuses
- Albany: 15 buildings, 18-acre campus in University Heights neighborhood
- Troy: 40 buildings, 15-acre campus in historic downtown district
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