Vermont State University
Public Community College in Randolph, VT. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $50,331.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $50,331 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $15,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
82% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,529 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 23% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
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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46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 36% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,567 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,442 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,645 while those at $110k+ pay $24,007. Grant aid is widespread — 85% of students receive it, averaging $9,478. Most students borrow — 66% 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 · 547 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 | $14,645 |
| $30–48k | $12,998 |
| $48–75k | $16,279 |
| $75–110k | $20,668 |
| $110k+ | $24,007 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,354 of these 3,567 students, totalling $16,369,646 — an average of $6,954 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)