“Vermont's pioneering liberal arts college — world-class language immersion, environmental leadership, and the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.”
Middlebury College stands as Vermont's first operating college and a leading liberal arts institution with exceptional strengths in foreign language pedagogy and international engagement. The college is home to the world-renowned Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, founded in 1926, and pioneered the first undergraduate environmental studies program in the United States in 1965. Its signature Language Pledge policy ensures complete immersion in more than ten languages across undergraduate, graduate, and study abroad programs. The college maintains a close-knit residential community with 95% of students living on campus, fostering deep intellectual engagement through a 9:1 student-faculty ratio. More than half of junior-class students study abroad at one of Middlebury's 30+ schools abroad locations globally. The institution balances humanistic and scientific inquiry across 45 majors and 50+ possible major/minor combinations, supported by a $1.6 billion endowment that funds need-based financial aid meeting 100% of demonstrated need for all admitted students.
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Environmental Studies (undergraduate)
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Tuition & Fees (All Students)
$67,600 – $70,002
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Home to Middlebury's acclaimed language programs, creative writing, and literary studies. Includes the Axinn Center for Literary and Cultural Studies.
Eleven departments offering rigorous training in scientific inquiry, quantitative reasoning, and environmental research.
Strong programs in policy analysis, behavioral science, and global affairs with an emphasis on quantitative methods and fieldwork.
4 years
Middlebury is nationally recognized as one of the finest institutions for language learning in the country. The college offers intensive immersion instruction in more than ten languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish at undergraduate, summer, and graduate levels. The signature Language Pledge ensures students communicate only in the target language while enrolled. Middlebury is a designated Fulbright Top Producing Institution.
4 years
The first undergraduate environmental studies major in the United States, founded in 1965. This interdisciplinary program draws from humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences with 14 core faculty and 40+ affiliated faculty members. Students engage in field-based research with direct access to Vermont's Green Mountains as a natural laboratory.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $67,600
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
