Saint Michael's College
Private College in Colchester, VT. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $61,317.
Students who entered Saint Michael's College reach a median of $61,317 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 73% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $26,922 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 85% puts Saint Michael's College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,788 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 9% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 570–660 | 24 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 550–620 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–31 | 11 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 73% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 1,178 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,157 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,982 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,825 at the $0–30k band to $34,539 at $110k+. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $38,159 on average. Most students borrow — 59% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 325 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 | $12,825 |
| $30–48k | $9,940 |
| $48–75k | $18,384 |
| $75–110k | $26,586 |
| $110k+ | $34,539 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 677 of these 1,157 students, totalling $6,684,344 — an average of $9,873 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chittenden 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)