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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
400 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

Community College of Vermont

Montpelier, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Vermont. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Located in Montpelier, Vermont, this medium-sized public school handed out 160 degrees to qualified ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

CCV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Vermont is $10,798 for vermont liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at CCV

#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 77 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for vermont liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Vermont University

#3

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Goddard College landed the #3 spot on the list. Goddard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our vermont liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid list, Goddard College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Goddard College is $23,873 for Vermont Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Goddard College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#4

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 51 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Champlain also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain is $33,561 for Vermont Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Champlain College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#5

Landmark College

Putney, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Landmark College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Landmark College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Putney, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 55 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our vermont liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid list, Landmark College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Landmark College is $47,373 for vermont liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

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.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Landmark College

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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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