2022 best colleges in Vermont
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Net cost: The median annual cost of all students that receive any aid. This does not refer to the “sticker price”, the price listed by the college.
Earnings: The median earnings of all bachelor-level students 10 years after enrollment. This includes both students that do and do not graduate, across all majors.
Payback: The amount of time in years it takes to pay off the median net cost by the median earnings. For this calculation, the median earning of high school graduates (in the school’s home state) are deducted from the median earnings.
Degree premium: The difference between the school’s median earnings and the median earnings for all schools in the same state. This is called “Vs. state average” in school profiles below.
Ranking: The payback rate is divided by the degree premium (set as a percentage), the lower the number the higher the rank. (i.e. payback=1, degree premium 20% higher than state school median: 1/120% = .883.
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
Admission rate: 23%
Grad rate: 92%
Net cost: $25,656
Payback: 2.6 Years
Earnings: $65,933
Vs. state average: + $12,419
Economic score: 2.14
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Admission rate: 72%
Grad rate: 77%
Net cost: $18,982
Payback: 2.5 Years
Earnings: $58,245
Vs. state average: + $4,731
Economic score: 2.27
Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont
Admission rate: 75%
Grad rate: 64%
Net cost: $24,701
Payback: 3.1 Years
Earnings: $59,819
Vs. state average: + $6,305
Economic score: 2.75
Champlain College
Burlington, Vermont
Admission rate: 86%
Grad rate: 67%
Net cost: $33,561
Payback: 4.1 Years
Earnings: $60,024
Vs. state average: + $6,510
Economic score: 3.68
Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont
Admission rate: 89%
Grad rate: 60%
Net cost: $17,637
Payback: 3.6 Years
Earnings: $46,876
Vs. state average: - $6,638
Economic score: 4.11
Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont
Admission rate: 88%
Grad rate: 77%
Net cost: $27,927
Payback: 5.0 Years
Earnings: $54,401
Vs. state average: + $887
Economic score: 4.93
Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont
Admission rate: 76%
Grad rate: 44%
Net cost: $15,749
Payback: 4.7 Years
Earnings: $40,580
Vs. state average: - $12,934
Economic score: 6.21
Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont
Admission rate: 60%
Grad rate: 75%
Net cost: $29,325
Payback: 6.8 Years
Earnings: $44,196
Vs. state average: - $9,318
Economic score: 8.18
Goddard College
Plainfield, Vermont
Admission rate: 84%
Grad rate: 43%
Net cost: $23,873
Payback: 11.4 Years
Earnings: $36,670
Vs. state average: - $16,844
Economic score: 16.65
SIT Graduate Institute
Brattleboro, Vermont
Admission rate: N/A
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Sterling College
Craftsbury Common, Vermont
Admission rate: 96%
Grad rate: 60%
Net cost: $22,734
Payback: N/A
Earnings: N/A
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Vermont Law School
South Royalton, Vermont
Admission rate: N/A
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