{"h1":"Colleges with the highest earnings 10 years after enrolling in Vermont","faq":[{"a":"Middlebury College leads Vermont among colleges for earnings: its former students earn a median of $76k ten years after enrolling, against $56k for the typical college in this list.","q":"Which certification ranks first: colleges with the highest earnings 10 years after enrolling in vermont?"},{"a":"8 colleges have at least 500 students enrolled, so the list has 8 entries.","q":"How many colleges are ranked?"},{"a":"Earnings are the median earnings of students who received federal financial aid, ten years after they first enrolled, as published in the Department of Education College Scorecard. They describe past students, not a promise for future ones. Only colleges with at least 500 students and published earnings are ranked. A college's earnings reflect who enrolls and what they study as much as what the college teaches.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.","q":"How often is it updated?"}],"lead":"Middlebury College leads Vermont among colleges for earnings: its former students earn a median of $76k ten years after enrolling, against $56k for the typical college in this list.","minN":500,"rows":[{"n":2738,"bar":1,"key":"college:230959","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/middlebury-college","name":"Middlebury College","rank":1,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"91%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$31,483"},{"label":"Private nonprofit","value":"2,738 students"}],"value":76310,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$76k"},{"n":2428,"bar":0.8593238107718516,"key":"college:230995","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/norwich-university","name":"Norwich University","rank":2,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"60%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$22,257"},{"label":"Private nonprofit","value":"2,428 students"}],"value":65575,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$66k"},{"n":11743,"bar":0.8186607259861093,"key":"college:231174","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/university-of-vermont","name":"University of Vermont","rank":3,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"79%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$19,343"},{"label":"Public","value":"11,743 students"}],"value":62472,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$62k"},{"n":1092,"bar":0.8035250950072075,"key":"college:231059","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/saint-michaels-college","name":"Saint Michael's College","rank":4,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"73%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$25,239"},{"label":"Private nonprofit","value":"1,092 students"}],"value":61317,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$61k"},{"n":2752,"bar":0.7651159743152929,"key":"college:230852","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/champlain-college","name":"Champlain College","rank":5,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"65%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$35,860"},{"label":"Private nonprofit","value":"2,752 students"}],"value":58386,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$58k"},{"n":3590,"bar":0.6595596907351592,"key":"college:231165","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/vermont-state-university","name":"Vermont State University","rank":6,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"47%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$18,212"},{"label":"Public","value":"3,590 students"}],"value":50331,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$50k"},{"n":780,"bar":0.5017559952824008,"key":"college:230816","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/bennington-college","name":"Bennington College","rank":7,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"71%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$30,947"},{"label":"Private nonprofit","value":"780 students"}],"value":38289,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$38k"},{"n":2841,"bar":0.4748263661381208,"key":"college:230861","sub":"VT","href":"/higher-education/vermont/community-college-of-vermont","name":"Community College of Vermont","rank":8,"stats":[{"label":"Completion rate","value":"20%"},{"label":"Net price a year","value":"$13,696"},{"label":"Public","value":"2,841 students"}],"value":36234,"change":null,"employers":[],"valueLabel":"$36k"}],"slug":"colleges-with-the-highest-earnings-in-vermont","unit":"students","scope":{"id":"vermont","kind":"state","name":"Vermont"},"title":"Colleges with the highest earnings 10 years after enrolling in Vermont","family":"Higher education","method":["Earnings are the median earnings of students who received federal financial aid, ten years after they first enrolled, as published in the Department of Education College Scorecard. They describe past students, not a promise for future ones.","Only colleges with at least 500 students and published earnings are ranked. A college's earnings reflect who enrolls and what they study as much as what the college teaches."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T03:37:23.486Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"collegepay","sources":["U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (median earnings, completion, net price), as held in our college tables"],"baseline":{"label":"the typical college in this list","valueLabel":"$56k"},"keyFacts":["#1 Middlebury College, VT: $76k","#2 Norwich University, VT: $66k","#3 University of Vermont, VT: $62k","8 colleges ranked across Vermont","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"colleges","commentary":["Bennington College reaches #7 on a sample of 780 students enrolled, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","University of Vermont is the largest market in the top ten, with 11,743 students enrolled behind its figure.","Colleges with fewer than 500 students enrolled are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/colleges-with-the-highest-earnings-in-vermont"}