2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Vermont (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 155 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,800 and $30,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree education students with aid per year to attend UVM.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at UVM

#2

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$23,873 Average Net Price

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Goddard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Goddard College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $23,873 for vermont bachelor’s degree education students with aid per year to attend Goddard College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Goddard College

#3

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$27,927 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Colchester, Vermont, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Michael’s, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Michael’s College is $27,927 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at Saint Michael’s College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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