Quick Facts

Founded in 1800, Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college
Laurie L. Patton became Middlebury's 17th president on July 1, 2015.
About 2,450 undergraduate students
Located in the Champlain Valley of central Vermont, with Vermont's Green Mountains to the east, and New York's Adirondacks to the west
Renowned for leadership in language instruction and international studies
Graduate and summer programs: Middlebury Language Schools (11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean and Spanish), Middlebury School of the Environment, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Middlebury Schools Abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Russia, Spain, and United Kingdom & Uruguay
47 Departments and Programs in which to major and minor
9:1 student-faculty ratio
Most classes are small; the mean class size is 18
All courses are taught by faculty members (rather than graduate assistants)
Nationally known for sustainability initiatives and the first environmental studies program in the country
Strong programs and world-class facilities in the sciences including a 45-foot research vessel on Lake Champlain as well as a state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope.
First-year seminars: Discussion-oriented courses with an intensive writing component to help students make the transition to college work; seminar teachers also serve as first-year students' advisors until students declare a major
Winter term: One-month January semester in which students can concentrate on one course or take on an internship
31 NCAA varsity teams; 28 percent of students participate in varsity sports
Charter member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Other members are Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Trinity, Tufts, Williams, and Wesleyan
31 NCAA championship teams since 1995: men's hockey - 8 titles; women's lacrosse - 5 titles; men's lacrosse - 3 titles; women's cross country - 6 titles; women's hockey - 5 titles; field hockey - 1 title; men's tennis - 2 titles; men's soccer - 1 title