2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 400 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 222 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

#1

Community College of Vermont

Montpelier, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$12,612 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Montpelier, Vermont is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 160 students in 2019-2020.

CCV also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $12,612 for Vermont Associate Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Community College of Vermont.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Community College of Vermont

#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$15,464 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,464 for Vermont Associate Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Northern Vermont University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#3

Landmark College

Putney, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$47,248 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Landmark College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Putney, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 44 degrees to qualified associates’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Landmark College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Landmark College is $47,248 for Vermont Associate Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $48-$75k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Landmark College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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