Is Vassar test optional?

Yes. You can apply without a score. A common rule is to send it if it's at or above 1490 and hold it if it's under.

What is Vassar's acceptance rate?

19% of applicants were admitted in 2024–25, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 2,311 of 12,447 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 64%, from 7,567 in 2015 to 12,447 in 2024, and Vassar's admit rate went from 26% to 19%.

What ACT score do you need for Vassar?

12% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 33–35, with a median of 33. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1460–1520 works out to about 33–34.

Why might Vassar's SAT range look high?

Only 31% of enrolled students sent an SAT. The range counts only those who did, and students with lower scores tend to hold theirs back.

Does applying early decision help at Vassar?

31% of early decision applicants were admitted (312 of 999), against 19% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Vassar?

171 of the 523 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 33%, per the Common Data Set 2024–25.

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What SAT score do you need for Vassar? (Middle 50%: 1460–1520)

First-year students at Vassar who sent an SAT scored 1460–1520, with a median of 1490 (Common Data Set 2024–25). Vassar admits 19% of applicants and is test optional.

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Where your score lands at Vassar

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1460–1520, median 1490

Your score

Middle 50% of admitted students Median Fewer than half sent a score, so the range runs high

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Vassar by the numbers

Admit rate: 19%
Middle 50% SAT: 1460–1520
Median SAT: 1490
About on the ACT: 33–34
Sent an SAT: 31%

Test optional · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Vassar admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2024–25; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Vassar admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 64%, from 7,567 in 2015 to 12,447 in 2024, and Vassar's admit rate went from 26% to 19%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	12,447	2,311	19%
2023	12,145	2,153	18%
2022	11,412	2,129	19%
2021	10,884	2,193	20%
2020	8,663	2,126	25%
2019	8,961	2,127	24%
2018	8,312	2,043	25%
2017	7,746	1,842	24%
2016	7,306	1,964	27%
2015	7,567	1,947	26%

In fall 2024, 665 of the 2,311 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Vassar

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1410Far reachHold
1410–1480ReachHold
1490 and upReachSend

1300135014001450150015501600

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Vassar SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	720	750	780
SAT Reading and Writing	728	750	770
SAT total	1460	1490	1520
ACT composite	33	33	35

Of enrolled first-year students, 31% sent an SAT and 12% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2024–25.

Top 10% of their class: 79%; of new students who reported a rank

Vassar early decision and waitlist

Early decision

312 of 999 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision31%
All applicants19%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

949 applicants were offered a spot, 523 took it, and 171 were admitted from it.

33%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2024–25.

Vassar cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $39,343; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 91%
Median earnings: $71,366; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 2,630

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Vassar

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

Vassar Common Data Set 2024–25
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Vassar admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Vassar website
Vassar College

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1460–1520, and the median was 1490. At 1490 or higher you're above half of them. Vassar admits 19% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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