Vassar College

Overview

• Vassar is a co-ed liberal arts college located in Poughkeepsie, New York, an hour and forty-five minutes north of New York City. Map.
• Vassar enrolls 2,450 undergraduate students. 
• About 58% of the Class of 2016 receives need-based Vassar scholarships.

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Socio-economic Diversity

• 36% of students at Vassar come from families who make less than $60,000 per year.
• 23% of students at Vassar receive Federal Pell Grants, which typically go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
• 11% of students in the Class of 2015 are the first members of their family to attend a four-year college. 

Racial Diversity
African American	9%
Asian American	16%
Caucasian	64%
Hispanic	11%
Native American	<1%

 

Gender Ratio
Female	56%
Male	44%