Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
12.8%
1,509 admitted
SAT · 50th
1500
Range 1460–1530
6-yr grad
93.0%
Retention 93.0%
Undergrads
2,653
8:1 S-F
Admissions
12.8%
1,509 admitted
from 11,831 apps
Applications11,831
Overall admit rate12.8%
Enrolled634 · 42.0% yield
Admitted from waitlist109 of 1,996
Very important factorsGPA, Character, Class rank, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Important factorsApplication essay, Recs, Test scores
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1500
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1460–1530 · 33.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730750770
Math720750780
Comp146015001530
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
$70,120
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$70,120
Fees$520
Room & board$20,116
Books$1,000
Avg need-based grant$62,768
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$25,225
Academics
8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
93.0% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention93.0%
4-year graduation65.6%
6-year graduation93.0%
Enrollment
2,653
undergraduates
93.9% out-of-state · 84 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,653
Full-time99%
Female53%
Out-of-state93.9%
International (freshmen)84
Rankings
#13
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#3526
NicheBest Colleges in America#4326
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#5226
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#6326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#17726
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#19726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference10
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingVermont colleges4
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/1 → May 1
Early decision11/1 · binding
Early decision 21/1
Early actionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttp://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/app…
Admissions emailadmissions@middlebury.edu
Admissions phone802.443.3000
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Bowdoin College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Colby College ME · Private (nonprofit)7.1%2K
Williams College MA · Private (nonprofit)8.6%15202K
Colgate University NY · Private (nonprofit)17.5%14803K
Hamilton College NY · Private (nonprofit)13.6%14801K
Dartmouth College NH · Private (nonprofit)6.0%1520
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Middlebury College

21 years of Middlebury College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.