Vassar College

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Vassar College is a highly selective private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, known for its rigorous academics and historic role as one of the first elite higher-education institutions for women in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf higher education institution
private liberal arts college
academicCalendar semester system
admissionPolicy highly selective
athleticsAssociation NCAA Division III
athleticsConference Liberty League
athleticsNickname Brewers
campusSetting suburban
campusType residential
city Poughkeepsie NERFINISHED
coeducationStartDate 1969
colors gray
rose
country United States
endowmentCurrency USD
founder Matthew Vassar
foundingDate 1861
genderAdmission coeducational
genderAdmissionHistory founded as a women’s college
governance board of trustees
hasFacility Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Main Building
Skinner Hall of Music
Thompson Memorial Library
Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
hasLibrary Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
historicSignificance one of the first elite higher-education institutions for women in the United States
knownFor historic role in women’s higher education
open curriculum with distribution requirements
rigorous academics
strong arts and humanities programs
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Dutchess County, New York NERFINISHED
New York State
Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED
memberOf Annapolis Group
Consortium on Financing Higher Education
Oberlin Group of Libraries
Seven Sisters colleges
motto Purity and Wisdom
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoOriginal Puritas et Scientia
namedAfter Matthew Vassar
offersDegree Bachelor of Arts
religiousAffiliation nonsectarian
state New York
type liberal arts college
private college
undergraduateOnly true
website https://www.vassar.edu/


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