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Vermont Colleges' Retention Rate

What is the Average Retention Rate in Vermont?

The retention rate is the percentage of first-time students who attend and continue their study in next year at colleges. The low retention rate means that more students transfer out to or stop/pause the program at a school. In general, high ranked colleges or special purpose colleges' retention rate is higher than others.
The average retention rate of Vermont colleges is 79.42% for full-time students and 43.67% for part-time students. 4,931 out of 5,845 full-time first-year students continued their study in next year at Vermont colleges. In public Vermont colleges, the retention rate is 69% and private schools' rate is 81% By school levels, the retention rate at four-years colleges is 80% and community colleges' rate is 49% in Vermont.
The following table summarizes the average retention rate in Vermont by school type and level.
The Average Retention Rate In Vermont
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
Total79.42%68.67%80.86%90.50%
4 Years Colleges80.33%78.50%80.86%-
Community Colleges49.00%49.00%--
Trade Schools90.50%--90.50%
The following table summarizes the retention rate and number of students by attending status for Vermont collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of students in the corresponding category.
Retention Rate by Attending Status at Vermont colleges
Retention RateFirst-time StudentsEnrolled in Next Year
Full-time79.42%5,8454,931
Part-time43.67%522179
The following table shows the Vermont Colleges. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
Vermont Colleges
School NameLocationTuition & FeesEnrollmentAcceptance RateGraduation Rate
Bennington College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Bennington, VT $66,262 927 44.53% 71%
Champlain College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Burlington, VT $47,850 3,259 82.92% 65%
Community College of Vermont
Public, 2-4 years
Montpelier, VT $13,640 ($6,920) 5,028 - 20%
Middlebury College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Middlebury, VT $67,600 2,803 10.75% 91%
Norwich University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Northfield, VT $49,740 3,149 74.44% 60%
O'Briens Aveda Institute
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Williston, VT $17,000 80 - 67%
Saint Michael's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Colchester, VT $51,450 1,323 84.51% 73%
SIT Graduate Institute
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Brattleboro, VT $20,734 644 - -
Sterling College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Craftsbury Common, VT $40,760 57 66.67% 32%
Vermont Law and Graduate School
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
South Royalton, VT $45,240 722 - -
Vermont State University
Public, four-years
Randolph, VT $22,296 ($11,952) 5,093 81.67% 47%
University of Vermont
Public, four-years
Burlington, VT $45,502 ($19,058) 14,476 65.30% 79%
Landmark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Putney, VT $66,540 672 49.44% 43%
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Montpelier, VT $26,593 190 - -
Advanced Welding Institute
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
South Burlington, VT $22,500 104 - 91%