Enrollment Trends at Middlebury

The student population at Middlebury College is 2,803 (2,760 undergraduate and 43 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 245 (9.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Middlebury is 98.47% which is increased by 218 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 27 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, down from 88 in 2015.
43 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -93.97% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,708 where 2,803 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,937 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,549 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,558 to 2,803 students, a net gain of 245 (9.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Middlebury College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,558	2,542	1,194	1,348	16	1	15
2016-17	2,549 -9	2,523 -19	1,216 22	1,307 -41	26 10	1	25 10
2017-18	2,591 42	2,549 26	1,232 16	1,317 10	42 16	7 6	35 10
2018-19	2,611 20	2,564 15	1,204 -28	1,360 43	47 5	8 1	39 4
2019-20	2,657 46	2,580 16	1,210 6	1,370 10	77 30	13 5	64 25
2020-21	2,669 12	2,580	1,200 -10	1,380 10	89 12	15 2	74 10
2021-22	2,937 268	2,858 278	1,327 127	1,531 151	79 -10	7 -8	72 -2
2022-23	2,843 -94	2,773 -85	1,293 -34	1,480 -51	70 -9	10 3	60 -12
2023-24	2,857 14	2,800 27	1,304 11	1,496 16	57 -13	12 2	45 -15
2024-25	2,803 -54	2,760 -40	1,283 -21	1,477 -19	43 -14	13 1	30 -15
Average	2,708	2,653	1,246	1,407	55	9	46

Middlebury College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,653 where 2,760 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Middlebury College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,542	2,516	1,189	1,327	26	5	21
2016-17	2,523	2,506	1,208	1,298	17	8	9
2017-18	2,549	2,528	1,222	1,306	21	10	11
2018-19	2,564	2,551	1,201	1,350	13	3	10
2019-20	2,580	2,556	1,204	1,352	24	6	18
2020-21	2,580	2,552	1,185	1,367	28	15	13
2021-22	2,858	2,835	1,319	1,516	23	8	15
2022-23	2,773	2,748	1,284	1,464	25	9	16
2023-24	2,800	2,778	1,299	1,479	22	5	17
2024-25	2,760	2,740	1,273	1,467	20	10	10
Average	2,653	2,653	1,238	1,393	2,653	8	14

Middlebury College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 55 where 43 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Middlebury College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16	0	0	0	16	1	15
2016-17	26	0	0	0	26	1	25
2017-18	42	0	0	0	42	7	35
2018-19	47	0	0	0	47	8	39
2019-20	77	0	0	0	77	13	64
2020-21	89	0	0	0	89	15	74
2021-22	79	0	0	0	79	7	72
2022-23	70	2	1	1	68	9	59
2023-24	57	5	2	3	52	10	42
2024-25	43	4	1	3	39	12	27
Average	55	55	0	1	55	8	45

Middlebury College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.69%. The percentage was 64.31% 10 years ago and Middlebury still has a high percentage of white students. 7.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.10% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.31% to 53.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.18% to 7.31%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.13% to 5.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.91% to 12.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6835 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5713 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Middlebury College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	158	80	228	0	1,645	125
2016-17	5	172	87	239	0	1,633	128
2017-18	1	162	105	245	1	1,638	116
2018-19	0	180	102	258	1	1,618	130
2019-20	2	184	98	263	0	1,636	127
2020-21	2	208	113	273	1	1,579	142
2021-22	2	208	137	300	0	1,720	167
2022-23	3	200	149	331	0	1,574	194
2023-24	1	221	157	328	0	1,558	208
2024-25	1	205	143	343	0	1,505	204
Average	2	190	117	281	0	1,611	154

Middlebury College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

43 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -93.97% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Middlebury College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,558	0	0	2,558
2016-17	2,549	0	0	2,549
2017-18	2,591	0	0	2,591
2018-19	2,611	0	0	2,611
2019-20	2,657	0	0	2,657
2020-21	2,669	713	1,918	38
2021-22	2,937	100	440	2,397
2022-23	2,843	70	0	2,773
2023-24	2,857	57	0	2,800
2024-25	2,803	43	0	2,760
Average	2,708	98	236	2,373

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Enrollment Trends at Middlebury

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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