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Most Favored Vermont Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Vermont. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Middlebury College, has the highest yield rate of 44.36% for academic year 2024-2025 in Vermont. University of Vermont is positioned second with 15.84% yield and Norwich University follows them with 14%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Vermont.
Most Favored Vermont Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Middlebury College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMiddlebury, VT
44.36% 12,540 1,348 598 10.75%
2University of Vermont
Public, four-yearsBurlington, VT
15.84% 27,138 17,722 2,808 65.30%
3Norwich University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorthfield, VT
13.75% 5,313 3,955 544 74.44%
4Saint Michael's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColchester, VT
11.80% 2,788 2,356 278 84.51%
5Bennington College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBennington, VT
11.54% 2,996 1,334 154 44.53%