Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
15.36%
Admission Rate
Very Selective
2,555 Undergraduates Enrolled
- Private nonprofit
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Four-year, small, highly residential
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Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,526 undergraduates from all 50 states and 74 countries and offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences, as well as joint engineering programs with Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, the school also has graduate schools, the Middlebury College Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English, and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, as well as its C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad international programs. It is the among the Little Ivies, an unofficial group of academically selective liberal arts colleges, mostly in the northeastern United States.
Middlebury is known for progressive teaching and thought. The college was the first American institution of higher education to award a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823. Middlebury was also one of the first formerly all-male liberal arts colleges in New England to become a coeducational institution, following the trustees' decision in 1883 to accept women. In 1965, the college established the first undergraduate Environmental Studies program in the United States, and, in 2019, publicly committed to full divestment of the college's endowment from the fossil fuel industry through its Energy2028 initiative.
Middlebury's 31 varsity teams are the Middlebury Panthers and compete in the NCAA Division III's NESCAC conference.
"Middlebury College." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlebury_College.
Middlebury is known for progressive teaching and thought. The college was the first American institution of higher education to award a bachelor's degree to an African-American, graduating Alexander Twilight in the class of 1823. Middlebury was also one of the first formerly all-male liberal arts colleges in New England to become a coeducational institution, following the trustees' decision in 1883 to accept women. In 1965, the college established the first undergraduate Environmental Studies program in the United States, and, in 2019, publicly committed to full divestment of the college's endowment from the fossil fuel industry through its Energy2028 initiative.
Middlebury's 31 varsity teams are the Middlebury Panthers and compete in the NCAA Division III's NESCAC conference.
"Middlebury College." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlebury_College.
Location
City
Middlebury, Vermont
Locale
Town: Distant (in urban cluster more than 10 miles and up to 35 miles from an urbanized area)
Region
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Academics
Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree
Most Popular Fields
| Field | % Students |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 31.3% |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences | 14.7% |
| Visual And Performing Arts | 7.3% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies | 7.0% |
| Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services | 6.7% |
| Natural Resources And Conservation | 6.1% |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics | 5.6% |
| English Language And Literature/Letters | 4.7% |
| Psychology | 4.2% |
| Physical Sciences | 3.3% |
| History | 2.8% |
| Mathematics And Statistics | 2.8% |
| Philosophy And Religious Studies | 2.7% |
| Architecture And Related Services | 0.5% |
| Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities | 0.3% |
Cost
Tuition
$56,216.00
Percentage Students Receiving Aid
23.17%
Average Net Cost After Aid
$25,656.00
Admissions
SAT Scores
1460
Composite Average
| Percentile | 75% | 50% | 25% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 780 | 735 | 690 |
| Verbal | 750 | 710 | 670 |
ACT Scores
33
Cumulative Average
| Percentile | 75% | 50% | 25% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| English | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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