University of Vermont
Middlebury College

There are 14 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Vermont. These include one research university, five master's universities, an art school, a law school, and a number of associate's and baccalaureate colleges. One institution chartered in another state also offers degree programs at a location in Vermont.

The state's flagship public university is the University of Vermont.[1] The other two public institutions are organized as the Vermont State Colleges system, of which Vermont State University and the Community College of Vermont are the two constituent parts.

The title of oldest post-secondary institution in Vermont is shared by two institutions. The University of Vermont was chartered in 1791 but did not begin instruction until 1800 or grant a degree until 1804. Middlebury College was chartered in 1800 and is Vermont's oldest operating college and the first to grant an academic degree in 1802. Vermont's newest college not formed from existing institutions is Landmark College, founded in 1984 to serve students with learning disabilities.

The state's colleges range in size from the University of Vermont, with 13,348 students, to Sterling College is a private work college with 112 students as of Fall 2022.

All fourteen institutions are accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.[2]

Institutions

School Location(s) Control Type[3] Enrollment FTE (2022)[4] Founded[5]
Bennington College Bennington Private Baccalaureate college 901 1932
Champlain College Burlington Private Master's university 2,953 1878
Community College of Vermont Multiple Public Associate's college 2,647 1970[6]
Goddard College Plainfield Private Master's university

(all programs online as of January 2024)[7]

229 1938
Landmark College Putney Private Baccalaureate/associate's college 435 1984[8]
Middlebury College Middlebury Private Baccalaureate college 3,287 1800
Norwich University Northfield Private Master's university 3,599 1819
Saint Michael's College Colchester Private
(Catholic) 		Baccalaureate college 1,741 1904
SIT Graduate Institute Brattleboro Private Master's university 599 1965[9]
Sterling College Craftsbury Common Private Baccalaureate college 112 1958
University of Vermont Burlington Public Research university 13,348 1791
Vermont College of Fine Arts Montpelier Private Art school

(all programs online with in-person residencies outside Vermont)[10]

278 1831[11]
Vermont Law and Graduate School South Royalton Private Law school 592 1972[12]
Vermont State University Multiple Public Master's university 3,079 (of institutions that formed VTSU) 2023

Out-of-state institutions

Out-of-state colleges have the ability to offer degree programs in Vermont, provided they are approved by the Vermont State Board of Education, with input from the Vermont Higher Education Council, whose members include all the colleges and universities in Vermont.[13][14]

As of 2024, the only out of state institution offering degrees in Vermont is Southern New Hampshire University's, which through their School of Education offers graduate programs at a campus in Colchester.[15] These programs had previously existed as part of Trinity College Vermont's offerings until that institution's closure in 2001, at which point its graduation education programs became affiliated with Southern New Hampshire University.[16]

Previously, Springfield College offered a human services degree program in St. Johnsbury[17] from 1991 to 2020.[18] In addition, the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences had a campus in Colchester, Vermont that shut down in June 2021 due to declining enrollment.[19][20] The Vermont Campus offered the professional pharmacy program and a two-year master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Unaccredited institutions

Two institutions are authorized by the state to offer degrees, but have not been recognized by an accrediting body:

Defunct institutions

School Location Control Type Founded Closed Notes
Burlington College Burlington Private Baccalaureate college 1972 2016 [24]
Castleton University Castleton Public Baccalaureate college 1798 2023 Merged into Vermont State University
Castleton Medical College Castleton Private Medical school 1818 1862 [25]
College of St. Joseph Rutland Private
(Catholic) 		Master's university 1956 2019
Green Mountain College Poultney Private
(Methodist) 		Baccalaureate college 1834 2019
Johnson State College Johnson Public Baccalaureate college 1828 2018 Merged with Lyndon State College to form Northern Vermont University[26]
Lyndon State College Lyndonville Public Baccalaureate college 1911 2018 Merged with Johnson State College to form Northern Vermont University[26]
Mark Hopkins College Brattleboro Private Baccalaureate college 1964 1978 Founded by Walter F. Hendricks[27]
Marlboro College Marlboro Private Baccalaureate college 1946 2020 Founded by Walter F. Hendricks. Merged with Emerson College[28]
New England Culinary Institute Montpelier Private
(for-profit) 		Culinary school 1980 2021
Northern Vermont University Castleton and Johnson Public Master's university 2018 2023 Merged into Vermont State University
Royalton College South Royalton Private Baccalaureate college 1965 1981? [29][30]
Southern Vermont College Bennington Private Baccalaureate college 1926 2019
Trinity College of Vermont Burlington Private
(Catholic) 		Master's university 1925 2001 [31]
Vermont Medical College Woodstock Private Medical school 1827 1856 [32]
Vermont Technical College Randolph and Williston Public Baccalaureate college 1866 2023 Merged into Vermont State University
Woodbury College Montpelier Private Baccalaureate college 1975 2008 Merged with Champlain College
Windham College Putney Private Baccalaureate college 1951 1978 Founded by Walter F. Hendricks[33]

See also

References and notes

General
  • National Center for Education Statistics. "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
Specific
  1. ^ Campus tensions in Connecticut: Searching for Solutions in the Nineties. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. 1994. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Vermont Institutions". New England Commission of Higher Education. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  3. ^ School types are based on the Carnegie Classification:
    "Institution Lookup". The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  4. ^ Enrollment is the total enrollment as reported by IPEDS for fall 2022.
  5. ^ U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  6. ^ Community College of Vermont. "Facts at a Glance". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  7. ^ Weinstein, Ethan (2024-01-22). "Goddard College will move entirely online for the near future". VTDigger. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  8. ^ Landmark College. "The Landmark College Story". Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  9. ^ School for International Training. "Virtual Campus Tour". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  10. ^ "Summer Residency". Vermont College of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  11. ^ Vermont College of Fine Arts. "Vermont College of Fine Arts Progress Report January 2007—January 2008". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  12. ^ Vermont Law School. "VLS Press Kit". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  13. ^ Vermont Higher Education Council. "Certification". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  14. ^ Vermont Agency of Education. "Postsecondary Programs". Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  15. ^ "SNHU Vermont". Southern New Hampshire University. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  16. ^ "SNHU Vermont | SNHU - Graduate Education Programs". snhuvt.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  17. ^ Springfield College. "Regional Campuses".
  18. ^ Writer, Amy Ash Nixon Staff (2021-04-23). "Springfield College Closes St. Johnsbury Campus". Caledonian Record. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  19. ^ "ACPHS Will Close Operations on its Vermont Satellite Campus in June 2021 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences". www.acphs.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  20. ^ "Albany College of Pharmacy to close Vermont location". 10 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Programs". Center for Cartoon Studies. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  22. ^ "The Accreditation Question" (PDF). Center for Cartoon Studies. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  23. ^ Art Toalston (September 17, 2014). "Baptist college gains Vermont accreditation". Baptist Press. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  24. ^ Holm, Coralee (2016-05-16). "Burlington College Closes Academic Programs". Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  25. ^ Castleton Historical Society. "Castleton Medical College Chapel". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  26. ^ a b Noyes, Amy Kolb (22 September 2017). "How Rival State Colleges Are Merging To Become Northern Vermont University". www.vpr.org.
  27. ^ Ohles, John F. (1982). Private colleges and universities, Volume 1. Greenwood Press. p. 736. ISBN 0-313-23323-3.
  28. ^ Jaschik, Scott (2019-11-07). "Marlboro will become part of Emerson College". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  29. ^ The College Blue Book: Narrative descriptions. Macmillan. 1987. p. 709. ISBN 0-02-695880-5.
  30. ^ Drysdale, M.D. (October 17, 2013). "Law School Founder Doria Is Dead". The Herald. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  31. ^ Trinity College of Vermont Association of Alumni and Friends. "History of Trinity College of Vermont". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  32. ^ Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association (1918). Medical Colleges of the United States and of Foreign Countries. American Medical Association. p. 16.
  33. ^ Putney Historical Society. "History Timeline 1500s-2004". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2007-09-05.

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