Colleges in Vermont
Solyo has full profiles for 3 colleges in Vermont: 1 public, 2 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $25,239 a year after grant aid, $3,674 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 65% of applicants. They sit across 3 cities, concentrated in Burlington, Colchester, Middlebury.
What Vermont costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Vermont public university is $19,058 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Vermont, where an out-of-state family pays $26,444 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $19,343 at University of Vermont to $31,483 at Middlebury College. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Vermont.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Vermont schools are
Middlebury College admits 11% of applicants and Saint Michael's College admits 85%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Vermont is 1508 at Middlebury College.
Every Vermont college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont · Private nonprofit11% acceptance · $31,483 net price · 1508 avg SAT
- University of VermontBurlington, Vermont · Public65% acceptance · $19,343 net price · 1374 avg SAT
- Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, Vermont · Private nonprofit85% acceptance · $25,239 net price · 1245 avg SAT
Other Northeast states
On median net price Vermont is the 3rd most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 3rd most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- New York (27)
- Pennsylvania (26)
- Massachusetts (18)
- New Jersey (10)
- Connecticut (7)
- Rhode Island (5)
- Maine (4)
- New Hampshire (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter Vermont and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.