Sarah Lawrence College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Bronxville, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,530 students of which 1,652 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Sarah Lawrence College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 61.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,366 and an ACT midpoint of 31. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $41,437, with published in-state tuition of $66,862 and a Pell grant recipient share of 11.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 70.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 87.4%. Graduates earn a median of $53,603 ten years after enrolling, compared with $34,251 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 44600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.