Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,444 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 19%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $36,924per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 90%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $75,53210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Vassar's open curriculum has no core classes or distribution requirements, allowing students to take the courses that most interest them.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 19%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1450–1550Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Vassar College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 21%2,327 admitted of 11,118 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 38%402 admitted of 1,046. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 6%30 admitted of 510 who stayed on the wait list (918 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1460–152032% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 33–3414% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 79%97% were in the top quarter. Based on the 29% whose school ranks.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- Class rank
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Considered
- Test scores
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Religious affiliation
Not considered
- Living in the state
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Vassar College Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $36,924full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $91,520sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $74,265Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 90%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 95%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $75,53210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,444Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 14%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Yeshiva University New York, NY — admits 56%
- Union College Schenectady, NY — admits 44%
- St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY — admits 66%
- St Lawrence University Canton, NY — admits 54%
Also worth a look
- Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY — admits 21%
- Denison University Granville, OH — admits 17%
- College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA — admits 18%
- Babson College Wellesley, MA — admits 17%
- Trinity College Hartford, CT — admits 29%
- University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA — admits 22%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Vassar College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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