List of colleges and universities in Vermont


There are 17 currently operating colleges and universities based in the U.S. state of Vermont. This figure includes one research university, three master's universities, an art school, a culinary school, a law school, and a number of undergraduate associates and baccalaureate colleges. Four institutions chartered in other states offer degree programs at locations in Vermont.
The state's largest school is its flagship public university, the University of Vermont. The other four public institutions are organized as the Vermont State Colleges system.
The title of "oldest college in Vermont" is shared by three institutions. Middlebury College was chartered in 1800 and is Vermont's oldest operating college and the first institution to grant an academic degree. Castleton University has its roots in successive institutions dating to 1787. The University of Vermont was chartered in 1791 but did not begin instruction until 1800 or grant a degree until 1804. Vermont's newest college not formed from existing institutions is Landmark College, founded in 1984 to serve students with learning disabilities; it is also the most expensive college in the United States. The smallest college in the state, with 187 students, is Sterling College, a work college focused on environmental studies.
All of these schools are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, except New England Culinary Institute, which is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

Institutions

SchoolLocationControlTypeEnrollment Founded
Bennington CollegeBenningtonPrivateBaccalaureate college8051932
Castleton UniversityCastletonPublicBaccalaureate college2,3421787
Champlain CollegeBurlingtonPrivateBaccalaureate college4,7781878
Community College of Vermont12 locationsPublicAssociate's college5,8631970
Goddard CollegePlainfieldPrivateMaster's university5051938
Landmark CollegePutneyPrivateBaccalaureate/associate's college4681984
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyPrivateBaccalaureate college2,5491800
New England Culinary InstituteMontpelierPrivate
Culinary school3001980
Northern Vermont UniversityJohnson and LyndonPublicBaccalaureate college2,700 2018
Norwich UniversityNorthfieldPrivateMaster's university4,2191819
Saint Michael's CollegeColchesterPrivate
Baccalaureate college2,2261904
SIT Graduate InstituteBrattleboroPrivateMaster's university2941965
Sterling CollegeCraftsbury CommonPrivateBaccalaureate college1461958
University of VermontBurlingtonPublicResearch university13,1051791
Vermont College of Fine ArtsMontpelierPrivateArt school3961831
Vermont Law SchoolSouth RoyaltonPrivateLaw school5811972
Vermont Technical CollegeRandolph CenterPublicBaccalaureate/associate's college1,6451866

Out-of-state institutions

Out-of-state schools offering degree programs in Vermont must be 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. Several such programs are in operation:
Two institutions are authorized by the state to offer degrees, but have not been recognized by an accrediting body: