General Education at Vassar College

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at Vassar College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 2,435 students attend the school each year. Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 2021, 19 of them were general education majors.

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 General Education

Vassar General Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general education programs across the country. The following shows how Vassar performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused General Education Schools	199
Most Popular General Education Schools	290

General Education Student Demographics at Vassar

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

Vassar General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of general education bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Vassar also has a doctoral program available in general education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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
• Image Credit: By Noteremote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.