Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · Private nonprofit10.8%
Acceptance rate
1,500
SAT Average
$25,934
Avg net price
2,785
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 809Master’s 156Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 261Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 113Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 84Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 57Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 35Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 80Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 51Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 25Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- New England Small College Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports27
Athletic participation
768 unique student-athletes · 29 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 3
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 1
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $67,100
- Required fees
- $500
- Food and housing
- $19,250
- Books and supplies
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $1,000
- Total
- $88,850
- $74,2482019–2019–20
- $76,9462020–2120–21
- $78,8202021–2221–22
- $82,2602022–2322–23
- $85,8802023–2423–24
- $88,8502024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $25,934 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 41%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $62,768
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Middlebury College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Middlebury College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Middlebury College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Middlebury College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
634 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 23% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
33% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
16% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Middlebury College rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Middlebury College leaves 4 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Middlebury College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $90,756 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $25,934 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 263 of 634 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $90,756
Averages among the 263 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Middlebury College offers need-based aid only (no merit for nonresidents): nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Middlebury College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Waitlist ranked
Not disclosed93.6% of Middlebury College’s first-years return for a second year and 92.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03