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# Middlebury College Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Middlebury College?

Middlebury College’s reported acceptance rate is 10.7%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
10.7%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2024-25

**Applicants**
12,524

**Admitted**
1,347

Source: Middlebury College Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Middlebury College admits 10.8% of applicants, a rate far below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 12,524 first-year applicants and 1,347 admitted applicants.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Middlebury College students report?

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Middlebury College reported that 28% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 1450 to 1530.

Among the 18% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 33 to 35. More of the entering class submitted SAT scores than ACT scores.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Middlebury College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**28% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1450

**Median**
1500

**75th percentile**
1530

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**18% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
33

**Median**
34

**75th percentile**
35

CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Middlebury College Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Middlebury College?

**Pell Grant recipients**
15.9%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
1.5%

**First-year retention**
93.7%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

An estimated 1.5% of Middlebury College undergraduates arrive as transfers or part-time students. Of the 2,738 undergraduates enrolled, most enter as first-years rather than bringing credits from another institution.

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 323 transfer applicants, 27 admitted, and 9 enrolled. With so few transfers, most students enter through the first-year applicant pool.

15.9% receive Pell Grants, so most students attend without this form of need-based federal aid.

The first-year retention rate for the full-time bachelor's-seeking entering class is 93.7%. This rate measures the share of those students who return for a second year.

That figure sits well above the peer median of 83.4% for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 91.4%.

This rate measures the share of that cohort that finishes within six years. That figure also runs well above the comparable-institution median of 68.8%.

Enrolled students at Middlebury College can expect a campus where most full-time entrants who start here continue through to graduation. Persistence and completion both run higher than the medians for comparable institutions.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).