Vassar College
Work 124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Work(845) 437-7300
Admissions E-mail: admission@vassar.edu
Web site: http://www.vassar.edu
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Tier 1
College Category:
Liberal Arts Colleges
Liberal Arts Colleges
Overview : Vassar College
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Private |
| Year founded: | 1861 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 2,389 |
| Setting: | suburban |
| Endowment: | $853,643,854 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 1/1 |
| Application fee: | $60 |
| Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: | 25.0% |
| Selectivity: | most selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $41,930 |
| Mission | |
| School mission: | Intellectual inquiry at Vassar is characterized by an unusual degree of flexibility. The college does not have a "core curriculum" and students can declare a major by concentrating in a department, an interdepartmental program, a multidisciplinary program, or an individually tailored field of study in the Independent Program. This intellectual freedom produces rigorous independent thinkers and has shaped the very essence of Vassar's academic life. Vassar's emphasis on multidisciplinary studies has been a distinctive feature of academic life at the college for four decades. In fact, the college first began offering interdepartmental courses in the early 1900s. It now boasts a dozen multidisciplinary programs ranging from Latin American and Latino/a Studies and Jewish Studies to Environmental Studies and Cognitive Science, in which Vassar was the first college to offer a bachelor's degree. The college's oldest multidisciplinary program, Africana Studies, is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year. The free exchange of ideas across disciplines experienced through such collaborative programs has stimulated the development of new courses, programs, and resources. As a result, the college's curriculum is broader, richer, and more varied than ever, currently offering students a choice among 29 departments, six interdisciplinary programs, 12 multidisciplinary programs, 52 majors, and 1,000 courses. |
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