2021
The Year in Review

We hope you enjoy this look back at 2021. Read more

Samantha Wiltse of Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary with puppies
Community

Donations to Vassar’s annual Community Works campaign benefit local nonprofit agencies that provide a wide range of programs and services. Read more
Photo: Karl Rabe

Michelle Monje-Deisseroth Genius Award lead
Alumni

Fighting Childhood Brain Cancer: MacArthur “Genius Grant” Recipient Dr. Michelle Monje-Deisseroth ’98 is making progress in the battle. Read more
Photo courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation

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Academics & Faculty

Choose from 48 departments and programs, 51 majors, plus the Independent Program (interdisciplinary “design your own” major).

The Vassar faculty is a diverse community of scholars, artists, writers, scientists, musicians, and thinkers. Learn more about the faculty and their teaching and research interests.

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Admission & Financial Aid

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A Vassar education opens minds and doors.

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Facts & Stats

Students
2435
Faculty
340
Student:Faculty
8:1
Average AID Award
$54K
Majors
51
Varsity Teams
27

These figures are for the 2020/21 academic year.

Beth Appel ’05
Alumni

Beth Appel ’05, a writer for the HBO Max Series The Sex Lives of College Girls, reflects on writing for the show and filming on location right here at her alma mater. Here, she's shown in her old residence hall, Lathrop. Read more

Photo courtesy of the subject
The film Luzzu by writer-director Alex Camilleri ’10.
Alumni

The film Luzzu by writer-director Alex Camilleri ’10 was a standout at Sundance, where it recently won a Jury Award. The story follows a Maltese fisherman forced to choose between tradition and fast money. Read more

Photo courtesy of Memento Films International
Alumni - Jon Fisher
Alumni

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jon Fisher ’94, is a self-described “ideas guy” who founded his first tech company before he had even graduated. Read more
Photo: Frankie Frost

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 Selected for 2021 TIME100 List of Most Influential People
Alumni

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 Selected for 2021 TIME100 List of Most Influential People. Time magazine lauded Ifill, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, as “a dazzling intellectual with an uncommon ability to analyze and frame the urgent civil rights issues facing our nation.” Read more

Photo: Karl Rabe
Bobby Kinne
Alumni

Bobby Kinne ’18 carved a path from Vassar to Major League Baseball with help from a fellow alum. Read more

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Campus Life

We at Vassar are committed to attracting, supporting, and retaining a strong and inclusive campus community.

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The Arts

There are over 1,000 campus-wide events annually. You will find arts-related events sponsored by the departments of Art, Music, Dance, Drama, and Film; exhibitions and events at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Palmer Gallery, and the Archives and Special Collections Library.

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