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?

• 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.
• For the 2021-2022 academic year, 83% 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?

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	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Vassar?

With an acceptance rate of 19%, Vassar is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 26%, and the acceptance rate for women is 16%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% 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 720 and 760. Math scores were between 710 and 775.

Vassar received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 34.

Can I Afford Vassar College?

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

There are 2,516 undergraduate students at Vassar, with 2,498 being full-time and 18 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

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

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Vassar College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	56	56
Child Development & Psychology	53	53
Mathematics	49	49
Political Science & Government	46	46
General Biology	41	41
Computer Information Systems	41	41
Area Studies	30	30
Communication & Media Studies	29	29
General English Literature	29	29
History	29	29
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	28	28
Cognitive Science	28	28
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	26	26
Drama & Theater Arts	25	25
International Relations & National Security	24	24
Fine & Studio Arts	24	24
Romance Languages	23	23
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	23	23
Natural Resources Conservation	21	21
Sociology	21	21
Science, Technology & Society	18	18
Physics	18	18
East Asian Languages	16	16
Urban Studies	15	15
Anthropology	12	12
General Education	11	11
Philosophy	10	10
Religious Studies	10	10
Chemistry	8	8
Ethnic Studies	7	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	7	7
Astronomy & Astrophysics	7	7
Germanic Languages	5	5
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	5	5
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	5
Geography & Cartography	5	5
Music	5	5
Classical & Ancient Studies	4	4
Medieval Studies	2	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0
Other Social Sciences	0	0
TOTAL	816	816

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Noteremote under License

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