Intended to serve the large number of veterans returning from World War II, state government workers, and others seeking an education related to workplace needs, the Russell Sage College Albany Division offered associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees in an evening schedule to an audience of working adults.
President Lewis Froman received approval in 1957 to establish a "private junior college" operating on a daytime schedule in the same buildings.
A year later, the entire Albany Division moved to the new campus, continuing to coexist in the same buildings with daytime and evening schedules.
For many years, the evening division continued to offer bachelor's and master's degrees under the charter of Russell Sage College.
Its on-campus, coed residence hall provided living space for approximately 100 first-year students in good academic standing (over 2.00 GPA.)
Sage College of Albany fielded intercollegiate teams at the Division III level in basketball, soccer, tennis, and golf.