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Middlebury College

Middlebury College reports 2,738 undergraduates in Middlebury, VT. Its federal reporting group is labeled Middlebury. International students are a visible presence at Middlebury College — 12.3% of its 2,738 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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Middlebury College · Middlebury, Vermont · Federal institution ID (UNITID): 230959.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Middlebury).

Shared outcomes cannot rank campuses. Reporting-group definitions.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$10,270

family income
under $30k

$8,548

$30–48k

$14,741

$48–75k

$22,228

$75–110k

$48,804

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$31,4832023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Middlebury College rose from $23,389 (2008) to $31,483 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$23,389
2009	$25,908
2010	$26,833
2011	$27,214
2012	$25,025
2013	$22,114
2014	$23,303
2015	$22,775
2016	$26,075
2017	$25,587
2018	$25,656
2019	$26,525
2020	$29,047
2021	$25,185
2022	$25,934
2023	$31,483

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$85,8802024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Middlebury College rose from $52,460 (2009) to $85,880 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$52,460
2010	$54,030
2011	$55,750
2012	$57,050
2013	$59,200
2014	$59,470
2015	$61,160
2016	$63,456
2017	$66,332
2018	$69,464
2019	$71,980
2020	$74,248
2021	$76,946
2022	$78,820
2023	$82,260
2024	$85,880

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2013	$45,314
2014	$46,044
2015	$47,828
2016	$50,063
2017	$52,496
2018	$54,450
2019	$56,216
2020	$58,316
2021	$59,770
2022	$62,460
2023	$65,280

IPEDS Published price 2013–14 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $67,600 before grants and other attendance costs. At Middlebury College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 2,738 undergrads, Middlebury College is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

91.4% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Middlebury College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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91.4%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Middlebury College has held near 91.4% from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	88.9%
1992 cohort	87.5%
1993 cohort	89.3%
1994 cohort	87.3%
1995 cohort	89.7%
1996 cohort	90%
1997 cohort	91.6%
1998 cohort	89.9%
1999 cohort	93.8%
2000 cohort	94%
2001 cohort	91.4%
2002 cohort	93%
2003 cohort	91.7%
2004 cohort	91%
2005 cohort	93%
2006 cohort	93.8%
2007 cohort	93.6%
2008 cohort	94.1%
2009 cohort	94.4%
2010 cohort	93.4%
2011 cohort	94.5%
2012 cohort	91.1%
2013 cohort	92.8%
2014 cohort	93.6%
2015 cohort	91.2%
2016 cohort	93.5%
2017 cohort	92.6%
2018 cohort	91.4%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Middlebury).

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$11,845	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,625	$3,000
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$11,625	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$11,745	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$12,013	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$12,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$12,750	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$12,750	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$12,610	$7,215
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$11,625	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$10,469	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$10,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$12,561	$5,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$15,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$15,118	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,370	$4,251
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$18,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$15,378	$7,032
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$14,000	$7,032
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$13,625	$6,498
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$13,750	$6,244
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$14,016	$6,391
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$13,293	$7,194
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$13,857	$8,000

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$57,291

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$71,957

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$76,310

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years. Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Middlebury).

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Middlebury College admitted 1,348 of 12,540 applicants in Fall 2024. The 10.7% rate describes that application pool.

10.7%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $65,280 tuition · 2023–24 2,738 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1445–15501600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Middlebury College received 12,540 applications and admitted 1,348 (10.7%), with 598 enrolling.

Middlebury College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Middlebury College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 720–760 and Math was 725–790 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1445–1550 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	720	740	760
SAT Math	725	760	790
ACT Composite	33	34	35

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

10.8%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

The share admitted at Middlebury College declined from 22.6% to 10.8%; this does not establish why. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	22.6%
Fall 2002	27.5%
Fall 2003	23.8%
Fall 2004	22.6%
Fall 2005	23.6%
Fall 2006	21.6%
Fall 2007	21.6%
Fall 2008	20.6%
Fall 2009	20.5%
Fall 2010	17.2%
Fall 2011	17.2%
Fall 2012	18.3%
Fall 2013	17.2%
Fall 2014	17.2%
Fall 2015	17.4%
Fall 2016	16.1%
Fall 2017	17.1%
Fall 2018	16.7%
Fall 2019	15.4%
Fall 2020	22%
Fall 2021	13.5%
Fall 2022	12.7%
Fall 2023	10.4%
Fall 2024	10.8%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1445–1550Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	1270	1470
Fall 2003	1240	1440
Fall 2004	1370	1490
Fall 2005	1260	1400
Fall 2006	1270	1480
Fall 2007	1270	1480
Fall 2008	1300	1490
Fall 2009	1288	1470
Fall 2010	1290	1480
Fall 2011	1290	1480
Fall 2012	1290	1480
Fall 2013	1270	1480
Fall 2014	1260	1470
Fall 2015	1270	1500
Fall 2016	1280	1495
Fall 2017	1320	1510
Fall 2018	1330	1500
Fall 2019	1360	1530
Fall 2020	1340	1520
Fall 2021	1380	1530
Fall 2022	1425	1540
Fall 2023	1430	1550
Fall 2024	1445	1550

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

33–35Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2004	28	32
Fall 2006	28	33
Fall 2007	29	32
Fall 2008	29	33
Fall 2009	30	33
Fall 2010	30	33
Fall 2011	30	33
Fall 2012	30	33
Fall 2013	31	33
Fall 2014	30	33
Fall 2015	29	33
Fall 2016	30	33
Fall 2017	30	34
Fall 2018	31	34
Fall 2019	32	34
Fall 2020	31	34
Fall 2021	32	34
Fall 2022	33	35
Fall 2023	33	34
Fall 2024	33	35

IPEDS Fall 2004–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,738Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Middlebury College rose from 2,321 (Fall 2002) to 2,738 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,321
Fall 2003	2,424
Fall 2004	2,357
Fall 2005	2,440
Fall 2006	2,395
Fall 2007	2,490
Fall 2008	2,422
Fall 2009	2,455
Fall 2010	2,502
Fall 2011	2,474
Fall 2012	2,487
Fall 2013	2,466
Fall 2014	2,498
Fall 2015	2,516
Fall 2016	2,513
Fall 2017	2,532
Fall 2018	2,550
Fall 2019	2,555
Fall 2020	2,571
Fall 2021	2,837
Fall 2022	2,751
Fall 2023	2,785
Fall 2024	2,738

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

94%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Middlebury College has held near 94% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	96%
Fall 2003 cohort	96%
Fall 2004 cohort	94%
Fall 2005 cohort	95%
Fall 2006 cohort	96%
Fall 2007 cohort	95%
Fall 2008 cohort	97%
Fall 2009 cohort	96%
Fall 2010 cohort	95%
Fall 2011 cohort	97%
Fall 2012 cohort	95%
Fall 2013 cohort	96%
Fall 2014 cohort	97%
Fall 2015 cohort	94%
Fall 2016 cohort	96%
Fall 2017 cohort	96%
Fall 2018 cohort	94%
Fall 2019 cohort	89%
Fall 2020 cohort	94%
Fall 2021 cohort	95%
Fall 2022 cohort	94%
Fall 2023 cohort	94%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Middlebury College

Faculty pay at Middlebury College averages $166,500 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Middlebury College as a primarily residential campus of 2,738 undergraduates — and 93.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Middlebury College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1445–1550 — their midpoint is above the VT four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Middlebury College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Middlebury College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Middlebury College10.7%

Vermont median70.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Middlebury College$67,600

Vermont median$48,795

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Middlebury College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Middlebury).

Middlebury reporting group (shared)$76,310

Vermont median$59,852

National median$53,781

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Middlebury College, Vermont and national reference values
Metric & basis	Middlebury College	Vermont median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	10.7%	70.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$67,600	$48,795	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$76,310Shared group value	$59,852	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Middlebury College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Middlebury College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 9 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer Science	$128,471
Economics	$123,477
International Relations and National Security Studies	$92,728
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$90,917
Political Science and Government	$77,444
Sociology	$58,241
Area Studies	$56,508
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	$53,914
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$53,518

These 9 fields listed for Middlebury College measure earnings after completion. The $76,310 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 33 additional Middlebury College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules. Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Middlebury).

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Middlebury College report?

Middlebury College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1445–1550 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Middlebury College's acceptance rate?

10.7% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,348 admitted from 12,540 applicants.

How much does Middlebury College cost?

At Middlebury College, tuition is $67,600. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Middlebury College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $76,310. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Vermont

Norwich University — 74.4% admitted
Saint Michael's College — 84.5% admitted
Champlain College — 82.9% admitted
Sterling College — 66.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.