Skip to content
Log inSign up

NESCAC. THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.

Middlebury College

Middlebury is a liberal arts college of nearly 2,800 students in a small Vermont town between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. It owns the Middlebury Snow Bowl on Route 125, where trails were first cut in 1934 and where the college hosted the 2026 EISA Championships. Division III for everything else, the Panthers race alpine in the EISA against the Division I programs and have been at every NCAA Championships since 1967.

Middlebury, VT

SaveWhere do I fitVisit official site
  • NCAA · Division III institution
  • NCAA skiing
  • EISA
  • Men & women
MiddleburyPanthers · Ski team

Photo: Chumash11, CC BY 4.0

SaveVisit official site
NCAA divisionEISA · NCAA skiing
D3
Undergraduates2025
~2,800
Acceptance rateClass of 2030 & 2030.5
18%
Comprehensive fee2026-27
$94,386
College-owned home hillHancock, VT
Snow Bowl
Student-faculty ratio2025
9:1
Roster athletes2025-26
16
NCAA power rankscore 32.70
#4

Why Middlebury?

Small college.Big mountain habit.

Middlebury pairs a residential liberal arts college with a ski area it has run for ninety years. The trade is scale: no city, no graduate students, and a campus where most of a racer's life happens within a few miles.

  • View of the Bread Loaf campus in Ripton from the Middlebury Snow Bowl

    The Snow Bowl is the team's

    Trails were first cut in 1934; today three chairlifts and a surface lift serve 28 trails across 110 skiable acres, with snowmaking on six main trails and night skiing three evenings a week.(middleburysnowbowl.com)

  • Mead Memorial Chapel with its white spire on the Middlebury College campus

    Championship-level racing at a D-III school

    The Panthers have finished in the top four at every EISA Championship since 1986 and have posted top-10 NCAA finishes in each of the last six seasons.(athletics.middlebury.edu)

  • Snow-covered steps leading to Gifford Hall at Middlebury College

    A January built for winter

    Middlebury's 4-1-4 calendar puts one four-week course in January, the month Winter Carnival and the carnival season begin.(middlebury.edu)

  • Otter Creek running through the town of Middlebury, Vermont

    Residential for four years

    As a residential college, students live on campus until they graduate; first-years who share a seminar also share a first-year community.(middlebury.edu)

About the school

The honest version.

What the school is, what it is known for, and what a family should weigh before committing.

Middlebury is a private liberal arts college of nearly 2,800 undergraduates in Middlebury, Vermont, a small town in the Champlain Valley between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. It is best known for languages, international studies, environmental studies and writing, with 46 majors, a 9:1 student-faculty ratio and a February-entry cohort that starts mid-year. Life is campus-centered; Burlington is about an hour north and there is no city nearby. For a racer, the draw is that the college owns its ski area. The Middlebury Snow Bowl sits on Route 125 in Hancock, a few minutes past the Bread Loaf campus that is itself about 11 miles east of town, with 1,020 feet of vertical, 28 trails and race history back to 1934; it hosted the 2013 NCAA Championships and the 2026 EISA Championships. Middlebury is a NESCAC Division III school, but skiing races in the EISA against the Division I programs and at the NCAA Championships, where the Panthers have appeared every year since 1967. There are no athletic scholarships, but full need is met.

Know before you commit

  • Division III means no athletic scholarships; NESCAC policy states that by NCAA Division III rules none are awarded, so aid is need-based only against a $94,386 comprehensive fee.(middlebury.edu)
  • Selective and remote: an 18% acceptance rate (Class of 2030), and the college sits in a small rural Vermont town with no city nearby.(middlebury.edu)
  • The comprehensive fee rose 4.0% to $94,386 for 2026-27, among the highest sticker prices in college skiing.(middlebury.edu)

Feel the campus

From first tracks to final exams.

Credited archive photographs of the campus, the town and the hill; not current team photography.

5 of 5 photos shown

Ski team experience

Panthers.EISA regulars since 1967.

Middlebury alpine races slalom and giant slalom on the EISA carnival circuit and qualifies skiers to the NCAA Championships, where the college has appeared every year since 1967. Home races are at the Snow Bowl, nordic at Rikert, 2.1 miles apart, and head coach Abby Copeland, in her 16th season with the program, was named 2026 EISA Alpine Coach of the Year.

View official roster
Team athletes
16
Men / women
10 / 5
International athletes
5
Conference
EISA
Alpine disciplines
SL + GS
Alpine individual national champions
10

Where Maja fits today

Not a selection or admission prediction.

  • SLScorer
    22.67 · 2nd of 6

    Scoring line 41.55.

  • GSScorer
    23.77 · 2nd of 6

    Scoring line 55.71.

  • SGScorer
    117.57 · 1st of 6

    Scoring line 316.29.

  • DHNo comparison
    — · —

Clear · Back to Maja's profile

Academics

What you can study.

Middlebury runs a 4-1-4 calendar: four courses in the fall, one four-week course in January and four in the spring. In 2026-27 the fall term ends December 14, winter term runs January 4-29 and spring classes begin February 8, so the carnival season straddles J-term and the first weeks of spring; students declare a major in the third semester.

  • ~2,800
    Undergraduates
  • $94,386
    Comprehensive fee
  • 9:1
    Student-faculty ratio
  • 95%
    Graduation rate

7 featured fields · full catalog

  • Environmental StudiesEnvironment
    A signature Middlebury major, offered with a minor.
  • EconomicsSocial science
    A major, with International Politics and Economics as a related option.
  • Computer ScienceQuantitative
    Offered as a major and minor.
  • International and Global StudiesSocial science
    A major built on Middlebury's language and study-abroad strengths.
  • NeuroscienceScience
    A science major in the more than 50 academic areas offered.
  • Molecular Biology and BiochemistryScience
    A laboratory science major with premedical advising available.
  • Political ScienceSocial science
    A major and minor in the social sciences.
Explore majors

Source: middlebury.edu

Admissions

Your path here.

Testing
test-optional(middlebury.edu)
Application deadline
November 2 (Early Decision I); January 4 (Early Decision II and Regular Decision)(middlebury.edu)
  1. Apply through the Common Application, Coalition Application or QuestBridge; there is no supplemental essay.
  2. Request at least two teacher recommendations plus the school report, counselor recommendation and transcript.
  3. Send senior grades: first-term grades for ED I, midyear grades by January 15 for ED II or February 15 for Regular Decision.
  4. Indicate a preferred entry term (September, February or either) and decide whether to submit optional SAT or ACT scores.
Admissions details

Test scores

What admitted students scored.

Test-optional · Class of 2030 and 2030.5 profile

  • SAT total1460 – 1530
  • ACT composite33 – 34

Middle 50%: a quarter scored below the low figure and a quarter above the high one. Source: middlebury.edu

Acceptance rate

How selective it is.

18%Class of 2030 and 2030.5 (11,458 applications)
  • Admitted
  • Not admitted

Middlebury is test-optional and need-blind for domestic applicants, but it admits fewer than one in five. There is no athletic admission track; a coach's support is one factor in a holistic review and does not guarantee an offer.

Source: middlebury.edu

Cost & financial aid

What a year costs.

2026-27 published figures.

Published costs
Tuition$72,924
Housing and meal plan$20,920
Student activity fee$542
Comprehensive fee (total)$94,386

The comprehensive fee covers tuition, on-campus housing and meals and the student activity fee; health insurance and books are extra. Middlebury meets 100% of demonstrated need with an average aid package of $64,631 and 46% of students receiving aid. NCAA Division III rules mean no athletic scholarships.(middlebury.edu)

Financial aid information

Location

Campus, hill, airport.

Middlebury College, Middlebury

A 350-acre campus in a small central Vermont town between the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains.

Open in Maps · source

Otter Creek running through the town of Middlebury, Vermont
Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury, Vermont, October 2015.

Student life

Beyond the hill.

  • A residential college

    Students live on campus until they graduate; first- and second-years share traditional halls, and juniors and seniors choose suites, small houses and themed communities.(middlebury.edu)

  • The Mountain Club, since 1931

    Middlebury Mountain Club is the college's largest and oldest student organization, running free hiking, climbing and winter trips and the first-year outdoor orientation.(middlebury.edu)

  • Gear Room and climbing wall

    Middlebury Outdoor Programs lends outdoor equipment free from a 2,000 sq. ft. Gear Room and runs a 50 by 120 ft climbing wall in Nelson Recreation Center.(middlebury.edu)

Athlete voices

Real stories.

  • “In a sport decided by hundredths of a second, the veteran leadership on both the men's and women's teams will provide the needed stability, maturity and race-day confidence for the Panthers to have another stellar season.”
    Abby Copeland, head alpine coach · source

Alumni & outcomes

What came next.

Olympians across Middlebury athletics(athletics.middlebury.edu)
41
Alpine individual national champions(athletics.middlebury.edu)
10
Graduation rate published by admissions(middlebury.edu)
95%
Alpine All-Americans at the 2026 NCAA Championships(athletics.middlebury.edu)
3

Related programs

You might also look at.

Sources, rights and updates

Where this comes from.

Every figure carries its reporting period and a link. Rosters and points come from official rosters and FIS or USCSA results. Photographs are Wikimedia Commons archive images under open licences, credited on each image.

32 source pages across 6 sites

Your future in skiing starts here

Ready to learn more about Middlebury?

SaveWhere do I fitVisit official site