Academics & Faculty
Choose from 48 departments and programs, 50 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.
Admission & Financial Aid
Facts & Stats
- Students
- 2,444
- Faculty
- 358
- Student:Faculty
- 8:1
- Average AID Award
- $58,722
- Majors
- 51
- Varsity Teams
- 25
This is Vassar
Vassar is fueled by an abundant energy, a creative force, a curious spirit, propelling our pursuits, hobbies, studies, and artistic endeavors. As we feed off one another’s energy, we further ignite our own fascinations. We can be uncommonly motivated and passionately inspired. We can also be laid back, but we are never just one thing. We are people who live out loud and introspective old souls. And no matter who we are, how we’re feeling, or what we’re doing, we share that universal spark that illuminates the world around us. Come take a look.
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Athletics
The Vassar Women’s Basketball team won its second straight Liberty League Championship on March 2, 2025, pulling away for a 66–53 victory at top-seeded Ithaca. Read more.
Campus Life
We at Vassar are committed to attracting, supporting, and retaining a strong and inclusive campus community.
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.
Background image: detail of an artwork from the exhibition Great Green Hope for the Urban: Art and Myths of the Hudson Valley at the Loeb Art Center. Tanya Marcuse, Fruitless No. 26, 2006, pigment print.