2025 Best Liberal Arts Schools in Vermont

Liberal Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Vermont to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of liberal arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 199 degrees in liberal arts annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Liberal Arts Schools List

Pick Your Liberal Arts Degree Level

The liberal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Liberal Arts Schools in Vermont. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Liberal Arts in Vermont

The schools below may not offer all types of liberal studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Vermont Schools in Liberal Studies

1

Champlain College
Burlington, VT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Champlain College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in liberal arts. Located in the small city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in liberal arts from Champlain College

2

Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, VT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

108 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

Community College of Vermont is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. Located in the rural area of Montpelier, CCV is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in liberal arts from Community College of Vermont

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	2,302
Connecticut	538	1,077
Rhode Island	436	22
Maine	396	469
New Hampshire	395	209

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Rankings in Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Liberal Arts is one of 3 different types of Liberal Arts General Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Liberal Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Individualized Studies	63
General Studies	39

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.