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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 77.93% for full-time students and 54.56% for part-time students. 5,125 out of 6,179 full-time first-year students continued their study in next year at Vermont colleges. In public Vermont colleges, the retention rate is 70% and private schools' rate is 80% By school levels, the retention rate at four-years colleges is 80% and community colleges' rate is 55% 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)
Total79.75%70.33%80.43%91.50%
4 Years Colleges79.89%78.00%80.43%-
Community Colleges55.00%55.00%--
Trade Schools91.50%--91.50%
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-time77.93%6,1795,125
Part-time54.56%648235
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 $64,644 880 45.31% 69%
Champlain College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Burlington, VT $45,550 3,543 55.68% 64%
Community College of Vermont
Public, 2-4 years
Montpelier, VT $13,640 ($6,920) 5,596 - 25%
Goddard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Plainfield, VT $19,568 320 85.71% 57%
Middlebury College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Middlebury, VT $65,280 2,843 12.69% 93%
Norwich University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Northfield, VT $49,600 3,363 82.61% 61%
O'Briens Aveda Institute
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Williston, VT $16,000 70 - -
Saint Michael's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Colchester, VT $50,040 1,399 85.15% 74%
SIT Graduate Institute
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Brattleboro, VT $18,796 617 - -
Sterling College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Craftsbury Common, VT $40,760 101 92.86% 29%
Vermont Law and Graduate School
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
South Royalton, VT $44,515 653 - -
Vermont Technical College
Public, four-years
Randolph, VT $21,408 ($11,400) 1,414 49.78% 54%
University of Vermont
Public, four-years
Burlington, VT $43,890 ($18,890) 14,088 59.79% 75%
Landmark College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Putney, VT $64,290 624 44.87% 34%
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Montpelier, VT $26,593 305 - -
Advanced Welding Institute
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
South Burlington, VT $22,500 94 - -