University of Vermont

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 220,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,280 (12%)
Days Without Precipitation 217 (13%)

Honors College

Name Patrick Leahy Honors College
Students 1,000 (8%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 11,809
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 18%
From Region 34%
Athletes 470 (4.1%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 83%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
Black 1%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 367 25% 84% 2% 1% 6% 2% $64,809 25 -0.04 49 96%
Biochemistry 28 — 54% 89% 0% 0% 7% 0% $82,015 90 +0.94 80 93% — — — —
Microbiology 14 — 29% 71% 7% 0% 7% 0% $65,703 20 -0.62 51 100% — — — —
Molecular Genetics 15 — 40% 67% 0% 0% 7% 7% $82,015 90 +0.94 80 93% — — — —
Plant Biology 13 — 15% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $52,470 38 -0.43 17 — — — — —
Agroecology 37 — 43% 89% 0% 3% 3% 0% $41,037 1 -1.89 4 100% — — — —
Animal Science 78 — 8% 81% 5% 0% 9% 0% $58,064 64 +0.36 31 91% — — — —
Dietetics, Nutrition and Food Sciences 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,146 42 -0.17 42 100% — — — —
Ecological Landscape Planning and Design — — — — — — — — $41,037 1 -1.89 4 100% — — — —
Food Systems 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $45,608 5 -1.47 7 — — — — —
Nutrition and Food Sciences 73 — 18% 89% 3% 1% 4% 1% $64,029 45 +0.01 47 100% — — — —
Community Entrepreneurship 25 — 48% 76% 0% 0% 12% 12% $66,522 36 -0.41 54 96% — — — —
Community and International Development 11 — 27% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,486 19 -0.81 73 94% — — — —
Public Communication 71 — 21% 83% 1% 3% 4% 1% $74,969 60 +0.31 71 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 1,232 31% 85% 2% 1% 4% 0% $57,728 5 -0.28 30 95%
Chemistry 19 — 47% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,637 36 -0.28 59 — — — — —
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,083 22 -0.63 31 — — — — —
Geosciences 4 — 50% 25% 25% 25% 25% 0% $57,631 20 -0.67 30 — — — — —
Physics 8 — 62% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $81,363 44 -0.16 79 — — — — —
Biology 144 — 28% 88% 1% 0% 5% 0% $65,934 48 -0.06 52 96% — — — —
Neuroscience 55 — 38% 87% 4% 0% 2% 0% $67,576 45 +0.05 56 91% — — — —
Environmental Studies 154 — 23% 81% 5% 0% 5% 1% $54,659 30 -0.50 22 96% — — — —
Zoology 16 — 6% 81% 12% 0% 0% 0% $53,938 49 -0.09 20 97% — — — —
Health and Society 26 — 15% 92% 0% 8% 0% 0% $66,193 47 -0.16 53 — — — — —
Economics 50 — 68% 72% 4% 2% 4% 4% $76,486 19 -0.81 73 94% — — — —
Asian Studies — — — — — — — — $49,609 20 -0.77 12 — — — — —
Chinese 4 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,632 12 -1.02 8 — — — — —
Classics 7 +1 43% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,031 13 -0.98 8 — — — — —
English 71 — 28% 94% 1% 0% 1% 0% $52,591 55 +0.02 17 97% — — — —
European Studies — — — — — — — — $50,065 21 -0.73 13 — — — — —
French 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,872 12 -1.00 8 — — — — —
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies 6 — 0% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $51,449 30 -0.59 15 — — — — —
German 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,809 12 -1.00 8 — — — — —
History 50 — 62% 90% 0% 0% 2% 0% $59,533 73 +0.25 35 92% — — — —
Individually Designed 20 — 25% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,153 27 -0.49 17 — — — — —
Japanese 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,008 13 -0.98 8 — — — — —
Latin — — — — — — — — $47,139 14 -0.97 8 — — — — —
Latin — — — — — — — — $47,016 13 -0.98 8 — — — — —
Latin American and Caribbean Studies — — — — — — — — $49,820 20 -0.75 12 — — — — —
Linguistics 14 — 21% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,720 3 -1.54 4 95% — — — —
Philosophy 16 — 56% 81% 0% 0% 6% 6% $51,966 24 -0.71 16 — — — — —
Religion 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $51,687 50 +0.11 16 — — — — —
Russian 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $46,882 12 -0.99 8 — — — — —
Russian/East European Studies 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,024 20 -0.73 13 — — — — —
Spanish 5 — 20% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,052 13 -0.98 8 — — — — —
Anthropology 27 — 15% 81% 4% 0% 0% 0% $44,263 3 -1.14 6 94% — — — —
Geography 18 — 39% 72% 0% 0% 6% 0% $40,469 0 -2.49 3 100% — — — —
Global Studies 22 — 27% 77% 14% 5% 5% 0% $58,129 13 -0.76 31 96% — — — —
Political Science 106 +1 36% 89% 0% 0% 4% 0% $64,650 30 -0.56 49 93% — — — —
Psychological Science 212 — 22% 85% 3% 0% 6% 0% $56,761 63 +0.26 27 99% — — — —
Sociology 43 — 14% 84% 2% 2% 0% 2% $61,920 77 +0.46 41 94% — — — —
Individually Designed 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,418 31 -0.43 15 — — — — —
Art History 16 +1 12% 69% 0% 0% 19% 0% $49,787 51 -0.16 12 85% — — — —
Art: Studio Art 24 — 21% 88% 0% 0% 4% 0% $49,787 67 +0.32 12 85% — — — —
Dance 8 — 0% 50% 12% 12% 12% 0% $42,872 49 -0.03 5 — — — — —
Film and Television Studies 27 — 37% 89% 0% 0% 11% 0% $31,784 1 -2.52 2 84% — — — —
Music 30 — 60% 97% 0% 0% 0% 0% $44,119 39 -0.28 6 — — — — —
Theatre 10 — 20% 90% 0% 10% 0% 0% $42,542 46 -0.07 4 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education and Social Services 204 9% 88% 1% 2% 3% 1% $52,701 2 -0.10 18 95%
Teacher Education: Physical Education 6 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 3 -1.57 10 93% — — — —
Human Development and Family Science 20 — 0% 85% 0% 0% 5% 0% $49,148 21 -0.49 11 89% — — — —
Social Work 48 — 4% 79% 2% 4% 8% 2% $57,465 76 +0.50 29 94% — — — —
Education 6 — 0% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,779 33 -0.39 16 — — — — —
Teacher Education: Drama Education — — — — — — — — $48,314 7 -1.00 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Early Childhood Education 21 — 10% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,615 66 +0.20 20 98% — — — —
Teacher Education: Elementary Education 52 — 6% 88% 0% 4% 2% 2% $53,615 66 +0.20 20 98% — — — —
Teacher Education: English Education 15 — 7% 93% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 7 -1.00 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Mathematics Education 4 — 25% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 6 -0.90 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Middle Level Education 5 — 40% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,615 45 -0.17 20 98% — — — —
Teacher Education: Science Education 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 6 -0.90 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Social Studies Education 11 — 36% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 5 -1.20 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Special Education 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $49,961 17 -0.90 12 — — — — —
Teacher Education: Art Education 8 — 12% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 59 +0.16 10 93% — — — —
Teacher Education: Music Education 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,314 56 +0.17 10 93% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences 379 70% 84% 2% 1% 5% 2% $87,506 86 -0.95 85 97%
Biomedical Engineering 41 — 44% 83% 0% 7% 0% 2% $86,314 15 -1.06 84 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 37 — 57% 92% 0% 0% 3% 0% $81,941 4 -1.48 80 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 17 — 82% 59% 0% 0% 12% 0% $115,632 59 -0.07 98 96% — — — —
Engineering 5 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,648 16 -0.83 85 — — — — —
Engineering Management 11 — 100% 82% 9% 0% 0% 9% $94,720 6 -1.22 90 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 29 — 55% 93% 0% 0% 3% 0% $81,370 26 -0.56 79 96% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 64 — 88% 92% 2% 0% 3% 2% $91,107 12 -1.02 88 97% — — — —
Computer Science 115 +1 75% 85% 3% 0% 5% 1% $87,336 9 -1.10 85 96% — — — —
Computer Science and Information Systems 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% $93,203 45 -0.25 89 — — — — —
Data Science 20 — 70% 65% 5% 0% 15% 5% $98,504 21 -0.57 92 — — — — —
Mathematics 33 — 61% 73% 6% 0% 12% 0% $69,910 32 -0.58 61 98% — — — —
Statistics 4 — 25% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% $89,332 30 -0.61 86 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing and Health Sciences 254 14% 86% 2% 1% 4% 0% $72,610 51 -0.42 66 99%
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 42 — 5% 81% 5% 2% 2% 0% $53,386 9 -1.03 19 100% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 22 — 9% 68% 5% 0% 14% 0% $64,412 62 +0.30 48 96% — — — —
Exercise Science 40 — 30% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,293 65 +0.29 48 100% — — — —
Medical Laboratory Science 11 — 27% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% $81,982 74 +0.38 80 96% — — — —
Medical Radiation Sciences 6 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,218 16 -0.94 58 97% — — — —
Nursing 112 — 9% 89% 2% 0% 5% 0% $84,544 18 -0.77 82 99% — — — —
Public Health Sciences 21 — 14% 90% 5% 5% 0% 0% $68,193 69 +0.28 58 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Grossman School of Business 236 64% 83% 4% 2% 5% 2% $93,758 92 +0.84 89 98%
Business Administration 236 — 64% 83% 4% 2% 5% 2% $93,758 86 +0.84 89 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources 277 35% 87% 2% 0% 3% 0% $54,087 2 -0.52 21 96%
Environmental Sciences 136 — 26% 88% 2% 1% 4% 1% $54,659 30 -0.50 22 96% — — — —
Forestry 27 — 63% 85% 4% 0% 0% 0% $50,220 12 -1.04 13 — — — — —
Wildlife and Fisheries Biology 47 — 40% 83% 0% 0% 2% 0% $53,938 49 -0.09 20 97% — — — —
Parks, Recreation and Tourism 18 — 61% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,405 23 -0.56 21 — — — — —
Sustainability, Ecology and Policy 49 — 29% 88% 4% 0% 2% 0% $54,659 22 -0.67 22 96% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $19,534
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $48,122
Est. In-State Cost $25,269
Est. Out-of-State Cost $62,251
ROI Percentile 52th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 70%
6-Year Graduation Rate 79%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 20.9% 616 23% 84% 2% 1% 4% 1% $59,243 53 -0.12 34 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 19.3% 570 25% 85% 4% 1% 4% 1% $55,148 28 -0.39 23 96% —
Business & Economics 11.5% 340 62% 81% 4% 2% 5% 3% $86,573 64 +0.38 84 97% —
Health Sciences 9.7% 286 14% 87% 2% 1% 4% 0% $71,517 25 -0.42 64 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 9.1% 269 33% 86% 2% 0% 5% 0% $68,178 52 +0.08 57 94% —
Humanities 7.0% 207 39% 90% 0% 0% 2% 0% $52,581 35 -0.29 17 95% —
Engineering 6.9% 204 69% 87% 1% 1% 3% 1% $89,251 4 -0.97 86 97% —
Computer Science 4.7% 138 75% 82% 3% 0% 7% 2% $89,082 15 -1.01 86 96% —
Arts 4.2% 125 30% 86% 1% 2% 6% 0% $43,398 15 -0.57 5 86% —
Education 4.2% 124 12% 91% 2% 2% 2% 1% $51,956 38 -0.22 16 97% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 70 54% 76% 6% 1% 10% 0% $70,944 28 -0.46 63 98% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $66.2M #72 57% $0.7M 5 #183 17 15
Life & Natural Sciences $62.2M #77 71% $1.4M 13 #133 140 30
Agriculture & Food Science $45.3M #39 62% $0.5M 11 #46 93 34
Engineering $20.3M #149 52% $1.8M 11 #172 81 2
Humanities & Social Sciences $17.8M #117 19% $0 8 #249 62 —
Business & Economics $13.9M #41 43% $0 — — — 3
Physical Sciences & Math $9.8M #176 45% $0.1M 18 #136 72 3
Education $3.9M #122 33% $0 8 #352 — —
Computer Science $3.7M #154 32% $0 2 #173 32 4
Total $243M #110 56% $4.5M 76 #210 497 91

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 129 $315K $318K -$2K
Lacrosse 47 $1.6M $1.6M -$136
Ice Hockey 30 $2.8M $2.8M -$1K
Soccer 29 $2.1M $2.1M -$722
Basketball 15 $2.9M $2.9M -$114
Skiing 14 $680K $675K $5K
Total 197 $10.4M $10.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 201 $455K $458K -$2K
Swimming & Diving 43 $743K $744K -$894
Lacrosse 33 $1.3M $1.3M -$62
Soccer 30 $1.2M $1.2M -$1K
Field Hockey 26 $1.3M $1.3M -$1K
Ice Hockey 26 $2.1M $2.1M -$208
Basketball 22 $2.3M $2.3M $613
Skiing 15 $737K $731K $5K
Total 273 $10.1M $10.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 330 $771K $776K -$5K
Lacrosse 80 $2.9M $2.9M -$198
Soccer 59 $3.3M $3.3M -$1K
Ice Hockey 56 $4.9M $4.9M -$2K
Swimming & Diving 43 $743K $744K -$894
Basketball 37 $5.2M $5.2M $499
Skiing 29 $1.4M $1.4M $10K
Field Hockey 26 $1.3M $1.3M -$1K
Total 470 $25.9M $25.9M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 73%
Yield (non-ED) 13%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 76% 75% 30%
Early Decision 96% 94% 38%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 40%
SAT Range 1300 – 1430
SAT Math Range 630 – 700
SAT RW Range 660 – 740