Middlebury offers a 21st-century global liberal arts and sciences education. Scholarship and research are not confined to the classroom or laboratory, nor even to a particular field of study. A robust offering of majors, minors, and academic programs not only provides students with a diverse range of disciplines to explore and to experience, but each discipline is intended to work in concert with another, fostering an evolution of cross-disciplinary collaboration that is at the heart of the academic experience at Middlebury.
#11 Ranked Liberal Arts School in the Nation
Average 16 Student Class Sizes
Renowned for Leadership in Language Instruction and Global Studies
9:1 Student-faculty Ratio
All courses are taught by faculty members (rather than graduate assistants)
Nationally known for programs in environmental studies and international studies
World-class facilities in the sciences
Winter term: one-month January semester in which students can concentrate on one course, or take on an internship
Students who want the best in STEM education will find it here, as well as a holistic education that fosters a deep and integrative approach to any field of study they choose. Middlebury’s science and math departments blend the high-tech facilities and cutting edge research typically associated with larger universities, with the collaborative learning atmosphere of a liberal arts college. With eleven departments and programs focused on math and both the physical and life sciences, Middlebury not only has a broad range of ways to study the sciences, it gives students the freedom to explore them all.
Middlebury College has a reputation for excellence in language teaching at its undergraduate College, intensive summer programs, and Schools Abroad. During the summer, the Language Schools offer courses from beginning to graduate level in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, and Spanish; study is also offered in Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. Approximately 1,500 students attend from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 50 foreign countries. Students sign the Language Pledge, a promise to speak only the language they are studying for the duration of their time in the program. This complete linguistic immersion, combined with rigorous classroom learning, highly skilled professors, and scores of in-language cocurricular activities, helps students achieve dramatic breakthroughs, no matter their proficiency level. The Language Schools sessions take place on campus at Middlebury College and at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.
For 8 Straight Years, Middlebury has Led the League in All-Academic Selections
The CTLR is a robust academic center that serves Middlebury’s faculty and students in a number of ways:
Offering professional and peer tutoring across the disciplines and supporting student learning broadly conceived.
Promoting effective teaching pedagogies and technologies, faculty initiatives and research through an intentionally inclusive, enriching academic community.
Supporting undergraduate research activities, both independent and faculty-mentored, and offering pre-health and national fellowship advising.