The average acceptance rate of the 6 Vermont colleges that have competitive admission is 60.41% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 7.53%. The acceptance rate at 4 Vermont colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
Middlebury College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 10.75%. Bennington College (44.53%) and Landmark College (49.44%) are following it in the list of Tightest Vermont 4-Years Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Middlebury College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Bennington College ranked 2nd, up 2 places from 4th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $50,889 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,065 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year | 10.75% 0.38% | 44.36% | 1,500 | $67,600 | 2,803 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 2 | Bennington College Bennington, VTPrivate, 4-year | 44.53% 3.51% | 11.54% | 1,335 | $66,262 | 927 | 71.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | Landmark College Putney, VTPrivate, 4-year | 49.44% 5.79% | 48.42% | - | $66,540 | 672 | 43.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 4 1 | University of Vermont Burlington, VTPublic, 4-year | 65.30% 5.28% | 15.84% | 1,360 | $45,502 ($19,058) | 14,476 | 79.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 5 | Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VTPrivate, 4-year | 66.67% 25.64% | 10.87% | - | $40,760 | 57 | 32.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Norwich University Northfield, VTPrivate, 4-year | 74.44% 0.83% | 13.75% | 1,190 | $49,740 | 3,149 | 60.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Vermont State University Randolph, VTPublic, 4-year | 81.67% 1.56% | 22.97% | - | $22,296 ($11,952) | 5,093 | 47.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Champlain College Burlington, VTPrivate, 4-year | 82.92% 16.20% | 11.51% | 1,310 | $47,850 | 3,259 | 65.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 - | Saint Michael's College Colchester, VTPrivate, 4-year | 84.51% 7.34% | 11.80% | 1,210 | $51,450 | 1,323 | 73.00% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | 62.25% | 21.23% | 1,318 | $50,889 ($15,505) | 3,529 | 62.33% | 11 to 1 |