Admissions & selectivity
University of Vermont Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Vermont?
University of Vermont’s reported acceptance rate is 65.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 65.3%
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.
Source: University of Vermont Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Vermont admitted 18,576 of 25,434 first-year applicants and enrolled 2,810, according to its 2025-26 Common Data Set. The federal admission rate is 65.3%, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Vermont students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1300 and 1430. 32% of enrolled students submitted SAT scores, so the range describes a specific subset of the entering class, not a minimum for admission.
For the 8% of enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored between 29 and 33. Of enrolled first-year students with reported class rank, 35% were in the upper tenth, 68% in the upper quarter, and 94% in the upper half. These shares describe only the students who reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Vermont. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
32% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1300
- Median
- 1360
- 75th percentile
- 1430
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
8% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 29
- Median
- 31
- 75th percentile
- 33
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Vermont Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of Vermont?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 13.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 10.5%
- First-year retention
- 89.2%
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.
University of Vermont combines a substantial undergraduate population with a visible, though smaller, transfer route. Pell Grant recipients account for 13.2% of undergraduates, and an estimated 10.5% enter as transfers or part-time students; federal enrollment is 11,743 undergraduates.
This points to a campus composed chiefly of students who start there, alongside students arriving after prior college work. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 25,434 first-year applicants, 18,576 admitted, and 2,810 enrolled.
It also reported 827 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 695 admitted, and 296 enrolled. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare aid offers and map transferable coursework before applying.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, University of Vermont reported that the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class retained 89% of full-time, first-time bachelor’s students to the next fall. Federal data show an 89.2% first-year retention rate, above the 83.1% peer median for comparable institutions.
For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 78.6%, above the peer median of 65.0%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 69.1%, below the overall rate by 9.5 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect strong early persistence alongside a completion rate that exceeds the comparable-institution median, though Pell completion is lower than the overall figure.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.
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