Russell Sage College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Russell Sage College Academics

Russell Sage College is unique in its study options. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Women’s Services can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Russell Sage College.

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Art Therapy, Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Nursing (RN), Recreational Therapy

Popular majors:

seventeen percent health professions, sixteen percent psychology, eleven percent biology, eleven percent english, ten percent interdisciplinary studies, eight percent security and protective services, six percent visual and performing arts, five percent history, five percent social sciences

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Sociology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

Spanish

History:

History – General

Public Administration and Service:

Human Services

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies, Forensic Technologies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business Administration/Management

Education:

Elementary Education

Communications & Journalism:

Mass Communications/Media Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biopsychology, Global Studies, Nutrition Sciences

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Drama/Theater Arts

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of July. Besides, for international students, the application fee is 30.

Russell Sage College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 81% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 79%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. In particular, there were two hundred and fifty-one total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and eighty-one total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty dollars regular application fee, thirty dollars out-of-state application fee, thirty dollars online application fee and point zero .

If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of December, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of September, with priority applications due on the 1st of August. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of March. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of July. The regular application is due the 1st of August. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of May and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.

Russell Sage College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics and Alumni Affiliation. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics and Alumni Affiliation. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and State aid form. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-three percent scholarships per grants and thirty-seven percent loans per jobs.

Russell Sage College Students

The university is a Private, Four-year, Women only, where 81 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. The school’s size is approximately eight hundred and one degree-seeking undergrads and one hundred and seventeen first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Further, the student body consists of eighty-seven percent in-state students, thirteen percent out-of-state students, one hundred percent women, three percent asian per pacific islander, six percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, eighty-two percent white per non-hispanic, eight percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-seven percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-five percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-seven percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Russell Sage College offers Bachelor’s degrees. Moreover, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, eighty-one percent of first-year students live in college housing, forty-six percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit and point zero . Further, the university has many unique facilites such as center for women’s studies, New York State Theater Institute, INVEST nanotechnology business incubator. In fact, the school is located 10 miles from Albany, 150 miles from New York City.This school features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Russell Sage College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Softball
• Women’s Club Track_and_field
• Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Volleyball