Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
- Private nonprofit
- Town
- 2,738 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 11%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $32,102per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 92%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $85,07710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Middlebury provides tuition-free enrollment for students whose families have annual incomes up to $175,000, while meeting 100% of calculated financial need for all admitted students.
Source: Financial Aid at Middlebury
Middlebury runs on a 4-1-4 calendar featuring a four-week winter term each January, during which students take only one intensive course.
Source: Curriculum | Middlebury College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 11%About 1 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1445–1550Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Middlebury College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2024–25, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 13%1,511 admitted of 11,831 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 39%460 admitted of 1,179. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 6%109 admitted of 1,878 who stayed on the wait list (1,996 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1460–153033% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 33–3516% of first-years sent ACT scores
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Class rank
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
Considered
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Interview
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Middlebury College Common Data Set 2024–25. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $32,102full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $88,850sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $70,640Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 92%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $85,07710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,437federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,738Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 19%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 22%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Champlain College Burlington, VT — admits 83%
- Lafayette College Easton, PA — admits 31%
- Yeshiva University New York, NY — admits 56%
- Norwich University Northfield, VT — admits 74%
Also worth a look
- Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY — admits 21%
- Babson College Wellesley, MA — admits 17%
- Colgate University Hamilton, NY — admits 14%
- Barnard College New York, NY — admits 9%
- University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA — admits 22%
- Haverford College Haverford, PA — admits 12%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Middlebury College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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