About 700 graduate students at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
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 global studies
Graduate and summer programs: summer Language Schools (12 languages: Abenaki, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish), Bread Loaf School of English, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conferences, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Middlebury C.V. Starr Schools Abroad in 16 countries and 36 cities
More than 850 courses in 45 majors, as well as STEM and preprofessional programs
9:1 student-faculty ratio
Most classes are small; the average class size is 16
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
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
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
