Founded
1916 in Troy, New York by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage
Motto
Esse Scire Facere (“To Be. To Know. To Do.”)
Degree Programs
More than 70 bachelor’s, master’s and doctorates; 8 entirely online
Average Class Size
18 students (12:1 student/faculty ratio)
Student Diversity
27% minority
Student Geography
87% New York State (including 61% Capital Region)/13% out of state
Global Connections
Students from Afghanistan, China, Dubai, Greece, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Employees
428 (including 160 full-time faculty)
Living Alumni
38,000 (including 16,400 Russell Sage graduates)
Athletics
15 men’s and women’s sports teams, NCAA Division III Skyline Conference
Mascot
Sage Gator
Campuses
- Albany: 15 buildings, 18-acre campus in University Heights neighborhood
- Troy: 40 buildings, 15-acre campus in historic downtown district
- Location: 150 miles north of New York City, west of Boston and east of Syracuse. 220 miles south of Montreal. 240 miles north of Philadelphia.
Enrollment (2,897 total)
- Russell Sage College: 826 students
- Sage College of Albany: 642 students
- Sage Graduate Schools: 1,250 students (9,855 total credit hours)
- Esteves School of Education: 2,774 credit hours
- School of Health Sciences: 6,007 credit hours
- School of Management: 942 credit hours
- Non-Matriculated: 132 credit hours
- School of Professional and Continuing Education: 1,175 credit hours
Enrollment Growth (2010-2015)
- Undergraduate applications increased by 73%
- All undergraduate enrollment increased by 9%
- New graduate student credit hours increased by 13%