Landmark College
Private Community College in Putney, VT. Six-year graduation rate 14%. Median 10-year earnings $29,813.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,813 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 14% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $17,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 14% — below national average
Admissions
Landmark College admits 49% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. With 447 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 48% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 14% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. The 36% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 481 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $60,895 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $44,712 at $0–30k versus $63,102 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $22,205. Federal borrowing reaches 27% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 73 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $44,712 |
| $30–48k | $44,994 |
| $48–75k | $54,846 |
| $75–110k | $55,403 |
| $110k+ | $63,102 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 129 of these 481 students, totalling $813,401 — an average of $6,305 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Windham County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)