- The Inkwell
- Vermont
- Middlebury College
Middlebury, VTTown: distantZIP 05753Founded 1800
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1800
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- www.middlebury.edu/college
VermontPrivate nonprofit
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private nonprofit college in Middlebury, Vermont, with 2,738 undergraduates. It admits 11% of applicants, graduates 92% within six years and costs $32,102 a year after aid.
92%graduate
Admission rate11%
Retention94%
4-year graduation56%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans26%
$32,102net price / year
11%admission rate
1508average SAT
92%graduate in 6 years
$85,077median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,437median debt
#143 of 1,704 for earnings#1,518 of 1,739 for lowest net price#47 of 1,738 for graduation rate#37 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $88,850tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $70,640
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $70,640
- Average net price
- $32,102national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$7,548
$30,001–48,000$8,388
$48,001–75,000$13,993
$75,001–110,000$23,522
$110,001+$50,664
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 11%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1508
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 720–760
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 725–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 33–35
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college11%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college94%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college92%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 92%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 93%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $67,384
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $85,077middle 50%: $56,321–$156,744
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,437
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$156,744
Median, Middlebury College$85,077
Lower quarter$56,321
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,738
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 20.8
- First-generation students
- 22%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 91%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,875 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $32,208
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,433,391,648
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic12%
Black5.2%
Asian7.4%
Two or more races7.4%
U.S. nonresident12%
Unknown0.9%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences32%
Biological & biomedical sciences14%
Natural resources & conservation10%
Computer & information sciences7.0%
Psychology6.9%
History4.3%
Visual & performing arts3.8%
Foreign languages & linguistics3.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 230959. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1357891.