Vassar College
private, coeducational liberal arts college in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States
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Vassar College is a liberal arts college in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of liberal arts college in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,753 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Digital Library Federation[3], Association of American Colleges and Universities[4], American Council on Education[5], National Humanities Alliance[6], Coalition for Networked Information[7], Center for Research Libraries[8]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Poughkeepsie[9], New York[10], Dutchess County[11]
- Country: United States[12]
- Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[13]
- Named after: Matthew Vassar[14]
- Postal code: 12604[15]
- Child organization or unit: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center[16]
- Part of: Seven Sisters[17]
- Commons category: Vassar College[18]
- Industry: higher education[19]
- Inception: 1861[20]
- Official website: https://www.vassar.edu/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vassar College[22]
- Commons gallery: Vassar College[23]
- Population: 2472[24]
- Employees: 1163[25]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The American Cyclopædia[28]
- Motto text: Purity and Wisdom[29]
- Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[30]
- Number of households: 241[31]
- Total revenue: 229,521,385 US dollars[32], 201,332,785 US dollars[33], 255,923,892 US dollars[34], 247,684,504 US dollars[35], 238,861,288 US dollars[36], 223,044,874 US dollars[37], 311,428,387 US dollars[38], 279,850,462 US dollars[39], 301,504,172 US dollars[40], 259,994,278 US dollars[41], 315,019,195 US dollars[42], 307,212,205 US dollars[43], 284,446,069 US dollars[44]
- Count of students: 2450[45], 2516[46]
- Position held by head of the organization: President of Vassar College[47]
- Total assets: 1,663,039,023 US dollars[48], 1,328,944,763 US dollars[49], 1,308,325,531 US dollars[50], 1,484,373,616 US dollars[51], 1,592,140,484 US dollars[52], 1,572,378,943 US dollars[53], 1,488,906,379 US dollars[54], 1,563,329,555 US dollars[55], 1,615,709,260 US dollars[56], 1,664,684,555 US dollars[57], 1,964,941,927 US dollars[58], 1,787,979,827 US dollars[59]
Why It Matters
Vassar College has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]