Middlebury College
Private College in Middlebury, VT. Six-year graduation rate 91%. Median 10-year earnings $76,310.
Students who entered Middlebury College reach a median of $76,310 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 91% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $13,857, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 91% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 11% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
This is a highly selective admit: 11% of applicants receive an offer. 12,540 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 44% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 25% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 720–760 | 151 (25%) |
| SAT Math | 725–790 | |
| ACT Composite | 33–35 | 100 (17%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 91% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 94% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 2,800 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,785 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,233 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,723 at the $0–30k band to $49,824 at $110k+. 46% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 23% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 615 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 | $12,723 |
| $30–48k | $8,229 |
| $48–75k | $17,510 |
| $75–110k | $18,526 |
| $110k+ | $49,824 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 636 of these 2,785 students, totalling $3,793,612 — an average of $5,965 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Addison 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)