Fast Facts
During the building of the Dudley H. Davis Student Center, 92.08% of construction waste was diverted from a landfill.
Educational philosopher and reformer John Dewey and his wife are the only people buried on the university's campus (on the north side of Ira Allen Chapel).
Vermont's Lake Champlain is the sixth largest fresh water lake in the U.S. (after the five great lakes).
Academics
- Seven undergraduate schools and colleges, offering 100 bachelor's programs, five pre-professional options
- Graduate College, offering 54 master's and 22 doctoral programs, and an M.D. program through the College of Medicine
- Undergraduate student-faculty ratio: 17-1
- 1,068 full-time and 231 part-time faculty
- 91 percent of full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field
- 1,882 undergraduate course offerings
- Average undergraduate class size: 23
- Of first-year classes:
- 35% of classes: 100+ students
- 12% of classes: 51-100 students
- 26% of classes: 26-50 students
- 27% of classes: 1-25 students
- Fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Additional information can be found in our accreditation letter.
History
- Founded in 1791
- Fifth oldest university in New England (after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Brown)
- First institution of higher education to declare public support for freedom of religion
- First university to admit women and African-Americans into Phi Beta Kappa honor society
- Called UVM for Universitas Viridis Montis, Latin for "University of the Green Mountains"
Student Life
Total enrollment: 13,391
Undergraduate students: 10,371
Graduate students: 1,516
Medical students: 460
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: 33
Non-Degree (CE): 1,011
- 66 percent of undergraduate students are from out-of-state, representing 47 states and over 25 foreign countries (more than 50 of the world's countries are represented at UVM if including undergraduate and graduate students)
- More than 100 student organizations, including a nationally recognized debate team and a student-run newspaper, radio station, T.V. station, rescue squad, legal services and many more academic, artistic, musical, cultural, political, religious, and service clubs
- 18 NCAA Division I Athletics teams (8 men's and 10 women's)
- Additional sports: There are dozens of club sports, some of which engage in intercollegiate competition. There are more than 20 intramural sports.
Campus and Location
- 460-acre campus located in Burlington, Vt. (city population, 40,000; metro area population, 140,000)
- 100 miles southeast of Montreal, the world's second largest French-speaking city; 220 miles northwest of Boston; and 285 miles north of New York City
- On-campus students live in 39 residence halls and have access to 12 dining facilities (if you count the Davis Student Center's many choices as one), convenience stores and a cyber café
- Libraries: main Bailey/Howe Library, Dana Medical Library, and Physics and Chemistry Library (in total 1.4 million books)
- Off-campus grounds: one research park, four research farms; nine natural areas, including the summit of Mount Mansfield; and, on Burlington's waterfront, the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory in the Leahy ECHO Center for Lake Champlain
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