Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $71,366 ten years after enrolling, more than at 84% of colleges; 92% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 3.1 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$18.6K
According to Vassar College's most recent Common Data Set, 45% of its Class of 2025 graduates (624 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $28,375 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
93 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 6 more are enrolled at another college. (668 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
88 of 100 finish within 4 years, 92 within 6, and 93 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 88% | 92% | 93% |
| Started in college here | 87% | 92% | 93% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Of 100 Pell Grant recipients who entered in fall 2019, 80 finished within 4 years and 87 within 6. First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2019.
- Pell Grant recipients177 students
87% · 80% within 4 years · 1 point below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant179 students
90% · 84% within 4 years · 2 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan335 students
88% · 79% within 4 years · comparison group
Within 4 years
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White388 students
91% · 3 points above all students
- Asian77 students
96% · 8 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino69 students
91% · 3 points above all students
- Black28 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Two or more races52 students
88% · the same as all students
- International70 students
87% · 1 point below all students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Vassar College. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Vassar College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;Vassar College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Vassar College Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)