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Saint Michael's College was awarded 85 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general education.
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College Factual ranked Saint Michael's as #858 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Saint Michael's also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Vermont ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Saint Michael's College is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
At Saint Michael's, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Saint Michael's College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Saint Michael's College has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Saint Michael's for first-time, full-time students is 77%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Saint Michael’s College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,537 undergraduates at Saint Michael's with 1,492 being full-time and 45 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,784 | $25,433 | $25,096 | $27,229 | $33,747 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Saint Michael's, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Saint Michael's, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $12,862 a year. That adds up to $51,448 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Saint Michael's is 2.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Saint Michael’s College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Saint Michael’s College.
Contact details for Saint Michael's are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439 |
| Phone: | 802-654-2000 |
| Website: | www.smcvt.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/SaintMichaelsCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/saintmichaels |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 45 | $40,880 |
| General Biology | 41 | $34,234 |
| General Psychology | 37 | $34,512 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 30 | $32,958 |
| Political Science & Government | 20 | $30,772 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 19 | $38,419 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 19 | $36,156 |
| Economics | 15 | $42,769 |
| History | 15 | $22,082 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 14 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 319 students took at least one online class at Saint Michael's College. This is a decrease from the 1,390 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 319 | 13 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,390 | 162 |
| 2018-2019 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017-2018 | 53 | 8 |
| 2016-2017 | 38 | 10 |
Learn more about online learning at Saint Michael’s College.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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