- The Inkwell
- Vermont
- Saint Michael's College
Colchester, VTSuburb: midsizeZIP 05439Founded 1904
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1904
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.smcvt.edu
VermontReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Saint Michael's College
Saint Michael's College is a private nonprofit college in Colchester, Vermont, with 1,092 undergraduates. It admits 84% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $29,915 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate84%
Retention80%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share28%
Federal loans55%
$29,915net price / year
84%admission rate
1245average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$66,136median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,405median debt
#518 of 1,704 for earnings#1,452 of 1,739 for lowest net price#370 of 1,738 for graduation rate#997 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
- $70,748tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $52,550
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $52,550
- Average net price
- $29,915national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,043
$30,001–48,000$18,916
$48,001–75,000$22,234
$75,001–110,000$32,852
$110,001+$35,093
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 84%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1245
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 570–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 550–620
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 26–31
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college84%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college28%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 71%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $55,423
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,136middle 50%: $47,707–$95,117
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,405
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$95,117
Median, Saint Michael's College$66,136
Lower quarter$47,707
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
- 1,092
- Part-time
- 0.8%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 19.6
- First-generation students
- 12%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 97%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,332 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,911
- Endowment, end of year
- $95,450,950
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White77%
Hispanic6.1%
Black3.7%
Asian1.6%
Two or more races2.5%
U.S. nonresident4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown4.6%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management22%
Social sciences13%
Psychology10%
Health professions9.1%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.7%
Natural resources & conservation7.7%
Education7.3%
Communication & journalism4.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 231059. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2212983.