About Vassar College

Vassar College (/ˈvæsər/ VASS-ər) is a private open-minded arts studious in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of forward-looking education for women in the United States, closely past Elmira College. It became coeducational in 1969 and now has a gender ratio at the national average. The scholarly is one of the historic Seven Sisters, the first elite women’s colleges in the U.S., and has a historic association with Yale University, which suggested a merger since they both became coeducational institutions. About 2,450 students attend the college.

The instructor offers B.A. degrees in exceeding 50 majors and features a gymnastic curriculum meant to spread around a breadth of studies. Student groups at the college include theater and comedy organizations, acappella groups, club sports teams, volunteer and service groups, and a circus troupe. Vassar College’s varsity sports teams, known as the Brewers, play in the NCAA’s Division III as members of the Liberty League.

The Vassar campus comprises beyond 1,000 acres (400 ha) and higher than 100 buildings, including two National Historic Landmarks and an other National Historic Place. A designated arboretum, the campus features beyond 200 species of trees, a indigenous plant preserve, and a 530-acre (210 ha) ecological preserve.

Poughkeepsie (/pəˈkɪpsi/ pə-KIP-see, officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county chair of Dutchess County, with a 2019 census-estimated population of 30,515. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson River Valley region, midway along with the core of the New York metropolitan Place and the declare capital of Albany. It is a principal city of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area which belongs to the New York metropolitan area. It is served by the comprehensible Hudson Valley Regional Airport and Stewart International Airport in Orange County, New York.

Poughkeepsie has been called “The Queen City of the Hudson”. It was approved in the 17th century by the Dutch and became New York State’s second capital unexpectedly after the American Revolution. It was chartered as a city in 1854. Major bridges in the city complement the Walkway higher than the Hudson, a former railroad bridge called the Poughkeepsie Bridge which reopened as a public walkway upon October 3, 2009, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge, a major thoroughfare built in 1930 that carries U.S. Route 44 on top of the Hudson. The city of Poughkeepsie lies in New York’s 18th congressional district.

The City of Poughkeepsie and adjoining Town of Poughkeepsie are generally viewed as a single place and are commonly referred to collectively as “Poughkeepsie”, with a amass population of 74,751 in 2018.

Poughkeepsie is situated amid the Lower Hudson and the Capital District regions, and the city’s economy is stimulated by several major corporations, including IBM. Educational institutions complement Marist College, Vassar College, Dutchess Community College and The Culinary Institute of America.