Vassar acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Vassar admitted 2,327 of 11,118 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 20.9%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Vassar counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Vassar acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 11,118 | 2,327 | 20.9% | 697 | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 12,447 | 2,311 | 18.6% | 665 | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12,145 | 2,153 | 17.7% | 689 | 32.0% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Vassar
Vassar waitlist
Vassar SAT and ACT scores
What Vassar says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Vassar rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Class rank, Volunteer work, Work experience
Vassar testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional. Vassar's requirements page says it does not require SAT or ACT scores. Applicants declare whether to include testing on the test-optional form in the applicant status portal.
From Vassar’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2023-24 totals are the residency table totals.
Vassar acceptance rate questions
- What is the Vassar acceptance rate?
- Vassar's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 11,118 first-year applicants and 2,327 admitted, an acceptance rate of 20.9%. It was 18.6% in 2024-25 and 17.7% in 2023-24.
- What is the Vassar early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 402 of 1,046 early decision applicants were admitted (38.4%), against 20.9% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Vassar students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1460 to 1520, and ACT submitters scored 33 to 34. 32.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Vassar waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Vassar offered 918 applicants a place on the waitlist; 510 accepted one, and 30 were admitted from it.
- Does Vassar require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional. Vassar's requirements page says it does not require SAT or ACT scores. Applicants declare whether to include testing on the test-optional form in the applicant status portal.
Applying to Vassar?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Vassar says it weighs.
Source: Vassar Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Vassar. All official acceptance rates