MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury College today extended offers of admission to 1,210 students in its regular decision round for the Class of 2019. That brought the total number of admitted students this year to 1,768. In all, this year’s accepted students were selected from among 8,894 applicants, the second largest number in the College’s history and an 8.5 percent increase over last year. The overall acceptance rate, including the early decisions rounds, was 19.9 percent.

The overall percentage who were admitted is 19.9 percent, not 17 percent.