Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, NY. Formerly a women's college, Vassar is the only fully co-educational member of the Seven Sisters.

Trivia

• The original colors of the college were pink and grey, intended to symbolize "the rose of sunlight breaking through the gray of women's intellectual life." After Vassar became coeducational, the pink was darkened to maroon because the men's rugby team didn't like their pink uniforms. However, pink is used instead of maroon for the graduation robes.
• Vassar has a world class art collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is run as a independent museum and is open to the public.
• The campus is a registered arboretum. There are over 200 tree species spread over 1000 acres (400,000 m²) of forest land.
• Except for Strong House, an all-female dormitory, all of the student resident halls at Vassar are co-ed. All dormitory bathrooms are co-ed.
• Vassar maintains a 60/40 to 65/35 Female/Male ratio amongst its student body, though the current Freshman class of 2009 has a 58/42 ratio.