Vassar College, New York

About Vassar College

Vassar College, NY is a small unincorporated community located in eastern New York.

Vassar College holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.72 square miles.

📰 Vassar College News Today

• Hirschfield commits to play baseball at Vassar College montereyherald.com · Aug 15
• Vassar settles pay discrimination lawsuit brought by female professors The Washington Post · Aug 3
• Vassar agrees to $5 million settlement in gender pay discrimination lawsuit Times Union · Jul 31
• Vassar College Agrees to Terms for Settling Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit Yonkers Times · Jul 31
• What Does It Take to Launch a Dance Major? Dance Magazine · Jun 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Vassar College Unique

• The only place in America named Vassar College — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Vassar College

• China House — chinese
• Saba — middle eastern
• Closed
• Express (café)
• The Retreat (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Vassar College

• Ballentine Field reviews ★
• Prentiss Field Sports Complex reviews ★
• Shakespeare Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Vassar College Community Gardens · Garden reviews ★
• Vassar's Back Yard reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Vassar College

🏘️ Nearby Communities