General Education at Vassar College

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Vassar College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Vassar General Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Vassar General Education Rankings

The education major at Vassar is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Vassar

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Vassar College.

Vassar General Education Bachelor’s Program

68% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Vassar since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Vassar are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	19

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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