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#25 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#15 Best Value Schools
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#7 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#35 Most Innovative Schools
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#185 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#76 First-Year Experiences
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#20 Learning Communities
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#10 Writing in the Disciplines
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#6 Study Abroad
Middlebury College is ranked #7 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
90
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
36
Graduation and retention rank
6
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
93%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
96%
Social Mobility Rank
185
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
95%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
13
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
2
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
94.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
96%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
66.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
8:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
8
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1330-1500
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
80%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
4
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
17
Average alumni giving rate
36.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
