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Middlebury College Data & Information Overview

116 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
13% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Middlebury College Ranked?

#65 Best Colleges in Nation
#1 Best Colleges in VT
English Language & Literature Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Middlebury College was awarded 116 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is english language & literature.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Middlebury as #65 out of 2,198 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Middlebury held the #76 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Middlebury is also ranked #1 out of 10 schools in Vermont.

See all of the rankings for Middlebury College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Middlebury?

13% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Middlebury College has a very low acceptance rate of 13%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Middlebury just in case you don't make the cut.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Middlebury submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 760. Math scores were between 715 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Middlebury College  ( 710 to 760 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Middlebury College  ( 715 to 780 )
200
800
Middlebury received ACT scores from 18% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 33 and 35.

ACT Composite Scores for Middlebury College  ( 33 to 35 )
1
36

Learn more about Middlebury College admissions.

Middlebury College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
91% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Middlebury is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Middlebury College is 91%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  91 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Middlebury College

95% Freshmen Retention
87% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 95% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Middlebury College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  95 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Middlebury for first-time, full-time students is 87%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  87 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Middlebury College.

Middlebury College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,552 Full-Time Undergraduates
28.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
53.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,580 undergraduates at Middlebury with 2,552 being full-time and 28 being part-time.

How Much Does Middlebury College Cost?

$25,185 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
$34,164 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Middlebury is $25,185. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Middlebury

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$8,707 $8,658 $12,026 $19,641 $41,458

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Middlebury, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Middlebury, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $8,541 a year. That adds up to $34,164 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Middlebury Graduates Make?

$76,310 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Middlebury make around $76,310 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Middlebury students since it is 76,310% more than the average college graduate's salary of $0 per year.

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See which majors at Middlebury College make the most money.

Location of Middlebury College

Vermont State
2,552 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Middlebury College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Middlebury, Vermont. The surrounding location of Middlebury is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Middlebury are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Old Chapel, Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802-443-5000
Website: https://www.middlebury.edu/college/

Middlebury College Majors

41 Majors With Completions
1,956 Undergraduate Degrees
1,956 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 41 majors graduated from Middlebury College. Of these students, 1,956 received undergraduate degrees and 1,956 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Economics 111 NA
Natural Resources Conservation 62 NA
Romance Languages 60 NA
General English Literature 59 NA
Computer Science 53 NA
International Relations & National Security 49 NA
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 48 NA
Political Science & Government 46 NA
Child Development & Psychology 45 NA
English Literature (Other) 35 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Middlebury College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Middlebury

2% Take At Least One Class Online
2% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2022-2023, 70 students took at least one online class at Middlebury College. This is a decrease from the 540 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 70 70
2021-2022 540 100
2020-2021 2,631 713
2018-2019 0 0

Learn more about online learning at Middlebury College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

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