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Vassar College Overview

Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, Vassar College is a private not-for-profit institution. The suburban atmosphere of Poughkeepsie makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Vassar College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$47,440 Avg Cost After Aid
20% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Vassar since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
  • The master's degree is the highest award offered at Vassar.
  • In <nil>, 85% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Vassar makes roughly $64,639 a year. This is 58% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average Vassar student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Vassar College?

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Contact details for Vassar are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Phone: 845-437-7000
Website: www.vassar.edu

How Do I Get Into Vassar?

You can apply to Vassar online at: www.vassar.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Vassar

Submission Required?
High School GPA Considered but not required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Vassar?

20% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
31% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at Vassar is 20%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 18%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Vassar submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 760. Math scores were between 710 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Vassar College  ( 710 to 760 )
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SAT Math Scores for Vassar College  ( 710 to 780 )
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800
Vassar received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 34.

ACT Composite Scores for Vassar College  ( 32 to 34 )
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Can I Afford Vassar College?

$47,440 Net Price
48% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Vassar is $47,440. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Vassar, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $4,945 a year. That adds up to $19,780 over four years for those students.

Vassar College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,498 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,516 undergraduate students at Vassar, with 2,498 being full-time and 18 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 2,498 full-time undergraduates at Vassar, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Vassar College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 314
Black or African American 97
Hispanic or Latino 283
White 1,363
International Students 211
Other Races/Ethnicities 230

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Vassar College. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at Vassar. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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