Vermont has 12 private and 4 public 4-year colleges that enroll 6,193 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $30,538 for in-state students and $47,878 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Vermont charge around $62,952 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Vermont provided $2.1 million in financial aid to 733 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $106.5 million in grants and scholarships to 4,843 students.

Vermont receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 1,188 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $5.5 million in pell grant ($4,590 per student on average), and 2,699 students received a total amount of $14.3 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,342 per student on average).