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Trends by state

Trends by state

Vermont

8 colleges on the site — too few to summarize with a median (the site needs 10 or more). Here's who they are, and this state's biggest movers.

Colleges in Vermont

See them in Explore

Where Vermont's first-years come from

First-years crossing state lines, fall 2024

Inflow
3,962
Outflow
1,815
Net
+2,147

Vermont's colleges enroll 2.2 first-years from other states for every Vermont resident who starts college in another state, among four-year colleges on this site.

Colleges taking the most of the inflow

  1. University of Vermont55%
  2. Middlebury College12%
  3. Norwich University12%
  4. Champlain College7%
  5. Vermont State University6%

One fall, over campus-based colleges only: not that fall, not for-profit, and not a campus that merged or split.

Biggest movers in Vermont

Applications surged

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +12.0% (5 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Norwich University+69.3%3,138 → 5,313
  2. 2Middlebury College+53.0%8,195 → 12,540
  3. 3University of Vermont+12.0%24,233 → 27,138

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 3 and how it's ranked

Grew the most

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: −5.7% (5 colleges ranked)

  1. 1University of Vermont+17.9%9,958 → 11,743
  2. 2Middlebury College+9.6%2,498 → 2,738

Sources:College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Students pay much less

(in 2023–24 dollars), 2013–14 to 2023–24

Median college: −10.0% (5 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Norwich University−31.5%$36,512 → $25,005
  2. 2Saint Michael's College−27.3%$38,682 → $28,140
  3. 3University of Vermont−10.0%$41,977 → $37,782
  4. 4Champlain College−9.9%$44,097 → $39,742

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 4 and how it's ranked