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| Screen last updated on: January 2010 |
| Year established: |
1861 |
| Type of school: |
college, private (nonprofit) |
| Programs: |
4-year undergraduate, graduate school |
| Religious affiliation: |
no |
| Campus enrollment: |
2,389 students |
| Coeducational information: |
coeducational institution, became coeducational in 1969 |
| Location description: |
in or near a large town (pop. 25,000-75,000) |
| Application fee: |
$60 |
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| Street address: |
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 |
| Mailing address: |
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 |
| Main telephone numbers: |
845 437-7000
845 437-7187 (fax) |
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| Main homepage: |
www.vassar.edu |
| Campus map: |
admissions.vassar.edu/
visit_map.html |
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| SAT number: |
2956 |
| ACT number: |
2982 |
| FAFSA number: |
002895 |
| FICE number: |
2895 |
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| CAMPUS SUMMARY |
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Vassar College is a private, coeducational, residential liberal arts college. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar as a college for women, the college became coeducational in 1969. Vassar College set the standard for higher education for women for more than 100 years and now sets the standard for true coeducation. The primary mission of Vassar is to “furnish the means of a thorough, well-proportioned and liberal education.” (First Annual Catalogue). Encouragement of excellence and respect for diversity are hallmarks of Vassar’s character as an institution. Vassar offers a curriculum that honors the values of liberal learning as it challenges its students to lead energetic and purposeful lives. Located in the heart of the scenic Hudson Valley on 1,000 acres of land, the college, known for the beauty of its campus, is 75 miles north of New York City and in close proximity to the Catskills and Adirondacks. The campus includes over 100 academic and residential facilities; astronomical observatory, computer center, three theaters, a biological sciences building, a state-of-the-art chemistry building, a farm with ecological field station, two athletic facilities, and many playing fields. Under construction are considerable renovations and additions to the library and existing athletic facility. |
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| UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS |
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Vassar is a highly selective liberal arts college. Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country (1999 Time/Princeton Review “College of the Year”), Vassar is known for pioneering achievements in education and for its long history of curricular innovation. The college offers a bachelor’s degree and a combined four-year accelerated BA/MA chemistry program. Students may concentrate in a single discipline, an interdepartmental or multidisciplinary program, or they may design an independent major. There is no core curriculum. The hallmark of a Vassar education is independence of thought. The combination of close collaboration with faculty, emphasis on primary sources and original research, self-direction and self-responsibility, and experimental learning produces graduates who question accepted wisdom, seek their own answers, and put theory to work in the real world. |
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