by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Vermont was awarded 20 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is environmental studies.
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College Factual ranked UVM as #406 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UVM held the #515 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UVM also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Vermont ranking.
University of Vermont has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for UVM.
About 38% of students accepted to UVM submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 720. Math scores were between 620 and 710.
The student to faculty ratio at University of Vermont is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Vermont is 80%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Vermont has a freshmen retention rate of 89%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UVM for first-time, full-time students is 64%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,136 undergraduates at UVM with 10,235 being full-time and 901 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,383 | $14,997 | $18,796 | $23,435 | $27,150 |
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 UVM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UVM, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $9,995 a year. That adds up to $39,980 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UVM are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 85 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT 05405-0160 |
| Phone: | 802-656-3131 |
| Website: | www.uvm.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 264 | $51,051 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 244 | $26,871 |
| General Psychology | 164 | $32,674 |
| Nursing | 131 | $73,068 |
| General Biology | 122 | $36,491 |
| Medicine | 118 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 110 | $61,626 |
| Computer Science | 97 | $62,974 |
| Political Science & Government | 95 | $31,594 |
| Economics | 90 | $38,452 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,791 students took at least one online class at University of Vermont. This is a decrease from the 3,818 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,791 | 468 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,818 | 428 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,374 | 392 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,813 | 276 |
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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.
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