Is Vermont test optional?

We haven't confirmed Vermont's test policy for 2026–27. Check their admissions site; many colleges have changed their policy since 2020.

What is Vermont's acceptance rate?

65% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 17,722 of 27,138 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 7%, from 25,274 in 2015 to 27,138 in 2024, and Vermont's admit rate went from 71% to 65%.

What ACT score do you need for Vermont?

8% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 29–33, with a median of 31. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1300–1430 works out to about 28–32.

Does applying early decision help at Vermont?

92% of early decision applicants were admitted (363 of 396), against 65% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Vermont?

142 of the 1,054 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 13%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

All colleges

What SAT score do you need for Vermont? (Middle 50%: 1300–1430)

First-year students at Vermont who sent an SAT scored 1300–1430, with a median of 1360 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Vermont admits 65% of applicants.

University of Vermont · Burlington, VT

Where your score lands at Vermont

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1300–1430, median 1360

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Vermont by the numbers

Admit rate: 65%
Middle 50% SAT: 1300–1430
Median SAT: 1360
About on the ACT: 28–32
Sent an SAT: 32%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Vermont admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 7%, from 25,274 in 2015 to 27,138 in 2024, and Vermont's admit rate went from 71% to 65%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	27,138	17,722	65%
2023	28,236	16,947	60%
2022	30,231	18,075	60%
2021	25,559	16,233	64%
2020	18,569	13,244	71%
2019	19,233	12,943	67%
2018	21,263	14,365	68%
2017	21,991	14,777	67%
2016	22,476	15,495	69%
2015	25,274	17,907	71%

In fall 2024, 2,808 of the 17,722 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Vermont

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*

Under 1250Far reachHold
1250–1290ReachHold
1300–1350TargetHold
1360–1420TargetSend
1430 and upLikelySend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

Vermont SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	630	670	700
SAT Reading and Writing	660	700	740
SAT total	1300	1360	1430
ACT composite	29	31	33

Of enrolled first-year students, 32% sent an SAT and 8% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class: 35%; of new students who reported a rank

Vermont early decision and waitlist

Early decision

363 of 396 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision92%
All applicants65%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

2,752 applicants were offered a spot, 1,054 took it, and 142 were admitted from it.

13%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Vermont cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $19,343; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 79%
Median earnings: $62,472; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 14,112

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like Vermont

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

More colleges in Vermont

Every college for an SAT of1300 1360 1430

Sources

Vermont Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Vermont website
University of Vermont

Updated Nov 9, 2026. Spot a number that's off? Email support@tryashore.com and we'll check it against the source.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1300–1430, and the median was 1360. At 1360 or higher you're above half of them. Vermont admits 65% of applicants.

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