University of Vermont
Burlington, VT · Public four-year · City: Small
12,168undergraduates
65%admitted
Test-optionalSAT/ACT
$22,062average net price per year
79%graduate in 6 years
88%return for year two
Admissions
- Applicants
- 28,236
- Admitted
- 16,947
- Admit rate
- 65%
- Admit rate, women
- 61%
- Admit rate, men
- 58%
- Admitted students who enroll
- 17%
- First-year students
- 2,896
- SAT/ACT
- Test-optional
- Students who sent SAT scores
- 35%
- SAT reading and writing (middle 50%)
- 640-720
- SAT math (middle 50%)
- 610-700
- Students who sent ACT scores
- 11%
- ACT composite (middle 50%)
- 29-32
| High school GPA | Required |
|---|---|
| High school record | Required |
| College-prep coursework | Required |
| SAT or ACT scores | Considered, not required |
| Recommendations | Required |
| Essay or personal statement | Required |
| Class rank | Considered, not required |
| Demonstrated competencies | Not considered |
| English proficiency test | Required |
| Work experience | Considered, not required |
| Legacy status | Not considered |
Majors
91 undergraduate programs that awarded a degree or certificate last year, grouped by field. Numbers are how many were awarded.
Natural resources and conservation (5)
- Environmental Science Bachelor's (105 awarded)
- Environmental Studies Bachelor's (121 awarded)
- Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Bachelor's (18 awarded)
- Forestry, General Bachelor's (26 awarded)
- Natural Resources/Conservation, General Bachelor's (19 awarded)
Biological and biomedical sciences (8)
- Biochemistry Bachelor's (20 awarded)
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General Bachelor's (112 awarded)
- Botany/Plant Biology Bachelor's (13 awarded)
- Microbiology, General Bachelor's (13 awarded)
- Molecular Biology Bachelor's (17 awarded)
- Neuroscience Bachelor's (64 awarded)
- Wildlife Biology Bachelor's (31 awarded)
- Zoology/Animal Biology Bachelor's (16 awarded)
Health professions and related programs (8)
- Behavioral Aspects of Health Bachelor's (27 awarded)
- Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist Bachelor's (9 awarded)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, General Bachelor's (20 awarded)
- Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- Health and Wellness, General Bachelor's (39 awarded)
- Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- Public Health, General Bachelor's (19 awarded)
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Bachelor's (114 awarded)
Business, management, marketing, and related support services (2)
- Business Administration and Management, General Bachelor's (223 awarded)
- Social Entrepreneurship Bachelor's (22 awarded)
Social sciences (6)
- Anthropology, General Bachelor's (34 awarded)
- Development Economics and International Development Bachelor's (13 awarded)
- Economics, General Bachelor's (36 awarded)
- Geography Bachelor's (19 awarded)
- Political Science and Government, General Bachelor's (85 awarded)
- Sociology, General Bachelor's (34 awarded)
Psychology (1)
- Psychology, General Bachelor's (194 awarded)
Engineering (7)
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's (37 awarded)
- Civil Engineering, General Bachelor's (28 awarded)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bachelor's (17 awarded)
- Engineering, General Bachelor's (1 awarded)
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Bachelor's (32 awarded)
- Industrial Engineering Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's (75 awarded)
Education (13)
- Art Teacher Education Bachelor's (12 awarded)
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- Education, General Bachelor's (6 awarded)
- Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs Bachelor's (6 awarded)
- Elementary Education and Teaching Bachelor's (44 awarded)
- English/Language Arts Teacher Education Bachelor's (14 awarded)
- Foreign Language Teacher Education Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Bachelor's (5 awarded)
- Mathematics Teacher Education Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Music Teacher Education Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Physical Education Teaching and Coaching Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Bachelor's (6 awarded)
- Social Studies Teacher Education Bachelor's (14 awarded)
Computer and information sciences and support services (2)
- Computer Science Bachelor's (97 awarded)
- Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst Bachelor's (8 awarded)
Agricultural/animal/plant/veterinary science and related fields (4)
- Agriculture, General Bachelor's (1 awarded)
- Agronomy and Crop Science Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- Animal Sciences, General Bachelor's (84 awarded)
- Horticultural Science Bachelor's (1 awarded)
Multi/interdisciplinary studies (4)
- Data Science, General Bachelor's (15 awarded)
- International/Globalization Studies Bachelor's (29 awarded)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's (6 awarded)
- Nutrition Sciences Bachelor's (49 awarded)
Visual and performing arts (6)
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation Bachelor's (10 awarded)
- Dance, General Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Bachelor's (7 awarded)
- Film/Cinema/Media Studies Bachelor's (30 awarded)
- Fine/Studio Arts, General Bachelor's (23 awarded)
- Music, General Bachelor's (23 awarded)
English language and literature/letters (1)
- English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's (63 awarded)
Communication, journalism, and related programs (1)
- Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor's (62 awarded)
Mathematics and statistics (2)
- Mathematics, General Bachelor's (32 awarded)
- Statistics, General Bachelor's (10 awarded)
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics (9)
- Chinese Language and Literature Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Bachelor's (11 awarded)
- French Language and Literature Bachelor's (4 awarded)
- German Language and Literature Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Japanese Language and Literature Bachelor's (5 awarded)
- Latin Language and Literature Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Linguistics Bachelor's (6 awarded)
- Russian Language and Literature Bachelor's (3 awarded)
- Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor's (6 awarded)
Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness, and kinesiology (1)
- Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor's (41 awarded)
History (1)
- History, General Bachelor's (38 awarded)
Public administration and social service professions (1)
- Social Work Bachelor's (25 awarded)
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences (1)
- Human Development and Family Studies, General Bachelor's (24 awarded)
Physical sciences (3)
- Chemistry, General Bachelor's (9 awarded)
- Geology/Earth Science, General Bachelor's (5 awarded)
- Physics, General Bachelor's (5 awarded)
Philosophy and religious studies (2)
- Philosophy Bachelor's (11 awarded)
- Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's (7 awarded)
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities (1)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Bachelor's (11 awarded)
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies (2)
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Bachelor's (2 awarded)
- Women's Studies Bachelor's (4 awarded)
Graduate programs (58)
- Clinical and Translational Science Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist Master's
- Communication Sciences and Disorders, General Master's
- Dietetics/Dietitian Master's
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management Post-bachelor's certificate
- Medical Science/Scientist Master's
- Medicine Doctorate (professional)
- Nursing Science Master's, Doctorate (professional)
- Physical Therapy/Therapist Doctorate (professional)
- Public Health, General Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Rehabilitation Science Doctorate (research)
- Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's
- Curriculum and Instruction Master's
- Education, General Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's
- Special Education and Teaching, General Master's
- Historic Preservation and Conservation, General Master's
- Nutrition Sciences Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Sustainability Studies Master's
- Systems Science and Theory Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Civil Engineering, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Mechanical Engineering Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Accounting Master's
- Business Administration and Management, General Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other Master's
- Public Administration Master's
- Public Policy Analysis, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Social Work Master's
- Biochemistry Master's
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Biostatistics Master's
- Botany/Plant Biology Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Epidemiology Post-bachelor's certificate
- Molecular Biology Master's
- Neuroscience Doctorate (research)
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology Master's
- Pharmacology Master's
- Computer Science Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Psychology, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Mathematics, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Statistics, General Master's
- Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- English Language and Literature, General Master's
- Chemistry, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Materials Science Doctorate (research)
- Physics, General Master's
- History, General Master's
- Animal Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Plant Sciences, General Master's, Doctorate (research)
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Post-bachelor's certificate
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General Master's
- Development Economics and International Development Master's
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's
- Disability Studies Post-bachelor's certificate
Cost and aid
- Tuition and fees, in-state
- $18,890
- Tuition and fees, out-of-state
- $43,890
- Housing and food on campus
- $13,354
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other on-campus costs
- $2,354
- Total cost on campus, in-state
- $35,798
- Total cost on campus, out-of-state
- $60,798
- Total cost living at home
- $24,998
Published prices for 2023-24.
| Family income | Per year |
|---|---|
| $0-30,000 | $11,958 |
| $30,001-48,000 | $13,113 |
| $48,001-75,000 | $17,261 |
| $75,001-110,000 | $22,233 |
| Over $110,000 | $28,049 |
Net price is the full cost minus grants and scholarships, for full-time first-year students who got aid in 2022-23 and paid in-state tuition.
- First-year students who got any aid
- 100%
- Got grants or scholarships
- 100%
- Average grant or scholarship
- $19,093
- Got a grant from the college
- 99%
- Average grant from the college
- $17,822
- Undergraduates with a Pell grant
- 13%
- First-year students who borrowed
- 46%
- Average amount borrowed
- $10,346
Graduation
- Bachelor's in 4 years
- 70%
- Bachelor's in 5 years
- 77%
- Bachelor's in 6 years
- 79%
- Bachelor's in 8 years
- 78%
- Any degree in 6 years (all students)
- 79%
- Came back for year two
- 88%
| Pell grant students | 67% |
|---|---|
| Subsidized loan, no Pell | 79% |
| Neither | 82% |
| Group | Students | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 1,626 | 80% |
| Men | 995 | 76% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 33% (small group) |
| Asian | 85 | 76% |
| Black | 33 | 64% |
| Hispanic | 120 | 73% |
| White | 2,150 | 80% |
| Two or more races | 88 | 72% |
| Race unknown | 109 | 83% |
| International | 33 | 67% |
| Started | Students | Earned a degree or certificate here | Enrolled at another college |
|---|---|---|---|
| Started here, full-time | 2,410 | 78% | 17% |
| Started here, part-time | 13 | 54% (small group) | 31% |
| Transferred in, full-time | 670 | 79% | 13% |
| Transferred in, part-time | 44 | 57% | 27% |
Graduation rates follow students who started full-time for the first time in fall 2017. Groups under 20 students are marked because a few students change the rate a lot.
Students
- Total students
- 14,320
- Undergraduates
- 12,168
- Full-time undergraduates
- 11,410
- Part-time undergraduates
- 758
- Graduate students
- 2,152
- Students per faculty member
- 17 to 1
- First-year students from in state
- 18%
- From out of state
- 79%
- From other countries
- 1%
- Undergraduates age 25 and up
- 4%
- Undergraduates taking all classes online
- 2%
- Undergraduates registered with disability services
- 25%
| Women | 64% |
|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0% |
| Asian | 3% |
| Black | 1% |
| Hispanic | 5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0% |
| White | 83% |
| Two or more races | 4% |
| Race unknown | 3% |
| International | 1% |
Campus life
- Setting
- City: Small
- Address
- 85 S Prospect St, Burlington, VT, 05405-0160
- County
- Chittenden County
- Type
- Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity
- Highest degree
- Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Land-grant university
- Yes
- Athletics
- NCAA
- Teams include
- basketball, cross country and track
- Offers
- Army ROTC, Study abroad, Teacher certification, Online programs, Credit for AP exams, Yellow Ribbon (veterans)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS (2022-23 to 2024-25 surveys), and the College Scorecard.