5142 Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont 05753

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college founded in 1800, located in Champlain Valley of central Vermont. The college is renowned for leadership in language and international studies instruction and nationally known for programs in environmental studies. Middlebury offers more than 850 courses in over 40 majors. The largest majors, by number of graduates, are economics, psychology, English, political science, international studies, environmental studies and history.

About 40 percent of graduating seniors choose a single major in a traditional program of study, 30 percent complete a double or joint major, and another 30 percent major in one of the interdisciplinary programs offered at Middlebury College, which includes international studies, environmental studies, neuroscience, molecular biology and biochemistry or women's and gender studies. All undergraduates complete a set of degree requirements including a first year seminar with a writing intensive taught by their academic advisor, a second writing intensive, and 11 distribution and cultural and civilization courses covering pertinent areas in liberal arts.

Quick Facts

There are over 2,300 students enrolled at Middlebury College, with an average class size of 16, and a student-faculty ratio of 9 to 1.

First year students participate in first-year seminars with discussion-based courses and a writing intensive component. These seminars help students make the transition from high school to college work and the seminar instructors also serve as the student's academic advisor for the first year of college.

During the one month winter term in January, students focus on one course or take internships.

Students can expect all courses to be taught by faculty members and not graduate assistants.

Middlebury College offers graduate and summer programs through Summer Language Schools with instruction in nine languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Students can also attend the Bread Loaf School of English and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.

Study abroad opportunities are available at the college's CV Star Middlebury Schools Abroad in China, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, the Middle East, Russia, and Spain.

Middlebury College has 31 NCAA athletic teams and 28 percent of the student body participates in sports. The college is a charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference with other colleges and universities including Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Trinity, Tufts, Williams, and Wesleyan.

Since 1995, Middlebury College has had 28 NCAA championship teams. Men's hockey has won eight titles, women's lacrosse five titles, women's cross country three titles, and women's hockey five titles.

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