Saint Michaels College

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General Information

One Winooski Park
Colchester, Vermont 05439
802.654.2000

Saint Michael's College Mission Statement

It is the mission of Saint Michael’s College to contribute through higher education to the enhancement of the human person and to the advancement of human culture in the light of the Catholic faith.

Saint Michael's College Diversity Statement

Diversity is an essential element in a learning environment that prepares students for citizenship in the global community. True to our Catholic tradition and our founding order, the Society of Saint Edmund, the College is dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusion where individual differences are celebrated, valued and recognized as vital and complementary to the academic experience.

Thus, the Saint Michael’s community embraces the inherent worth and educational importance of sharing perspectives and beliefs in an increasingly interconnected world, and seeks to understand the significance of differences in culture and circumstance, including those based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, military service and geographic origin.

As a liberal arts institution committed to exploring the full breadth of knowledge, perspectives, traditions and experiences of the human condition, Saint Michael’s College strives for an inclusive, diverse environment where the dignity of each person and all peoples is respected.

FAST FUN FACTS

Colors purple and gold

Location:440 acres between the shores of Lake Champlain and the majestic Green Mountains in Colchester, Vermont. We’re minutes from Burlington, the state’s largest city and cultural center, and a renowned college town.

Enrollment & Faculty:

2,000 undergraduate; 500 graduate (a perfect size)
53% / 47% Male/Female Ratio (well balanced for a liberal arts school)
38 states represented; 83% out-of-state (lively campus/not a suitcase school at all)

27% Massachusetts
17% Vermont
13% New York
12% New Hampshire
9% Connecticut
20% Other

7% multicultural students

(growing a multicultural community--not there yet, but making big strides while keeping it real)

1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
2% Asian/Pacific Islander
1% Black/Non-Hispanic
3% Hispanic
92% White/Non-Hispanic
1% Non-Resident Alien
1% Race/ethnicity unreported

100% on-campus housing guaranteed; 24/7 living-learning community

90% retention rate (students come back after the first year—they like St. Mike’s)

13:1 student-faculty ratio (you’re known by name not by number, so if you want to be anonymous we’re not your college)
Avg. class size = 19 students (of 480 classes each semester, less than 12 have more than 40 students)

93% of tenured/tenured-track faculty have doctorate or terminal degree (you get the access to research, internships and collaborations unlike at bigger schools with a lot of graduate students)

Phi Beta Kappa Chapter – Nation’s oldest academic honors society—invitation only— (only 9% of Catholic colleges in the U.S. have chapters and only 4 in New England)

Curriculum: Liberal Arts & Sciences. 30 major fields of study; Air Force and Army ROTC; Pre-med; Pre-law; renown academic English program for international student in Applied Linguistics Department. Emphasis on: honors, independent study and research, internships and study abroad. Details

Student Information

Profile of Current Incoming Class: www.smcvt.edu/admission/stats

High Schools Represented

Public: 70%
Catholic: 20%
Independent: 10%

Applications

Applied: 4,459*
Accepted: 3,493*
Enrolled Students Fall 2008: 550*

Secondary School Class Rank

Top 10%: 30%
Top 20%: 51%
Top 25%: 55%
Top 50%: 87%
Unranked: 34%

Average SAT Scores (we are now Test-Optional That means...)

Accepted (584V/582M/578W): 1744
Middle 50% Accepted: 1600-1890

Average ACT Scores

Accepted: 26

Early Action Information

Percent of students who applied Early Action: 65%

Financial Aid

(Fall 2011 Incoming Class)

Percent of students receiving financial aid: 69%
Average first-year student need-based grant/scholarship: $17,715
Average first-year student work study: $1,625
Average first-year federal loans: $6,524
Average first-year financial aid package: $23,917
Merit scholarships are available and valued between $5,000 to full tuition over 4 years. All students are automatically considered for merit based aid.

Largest incoming major = Exploratory (aka Undeclared)

Alumni Information

HEADED OUT…

College Beyond St. Michaels

24% in top 10th of graduating class
54% in top quarter of graduating class
81% in top half of graduating class

Destination, 6 months after graduation

84% full-time employment
14% graduate school
5% full-time volunteer

…within 5 years

51% graduate or professional school
90% acceptance rate of Saint Michael's College graduates into medical, dental and veterinary programs
Nearly 75% of graduates say Saint Michael's prepared them for their entire career, not just their first job.
100% of our student-athletes earn their degrees -- a figure well above the national average.
70% acceptance rate of Saint Michael's College graduate into law school.

Notable Alumni

Patrick Leahy ’61, US Senator, D-VT
Tom Freston ’67, MTV Co-Founder, Former President & CEO of Viacom
Tom Caron ’86, Broadcaster for New England Sports Network
Loung Ung ’93, Author and National Spokesperson, Campaign for a Landmine Free World
Jason Curry ’95, President, Big Apple Basketball, Inc. New York, NY
Alex Okosi ‘98, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, MTV Networks Africa
Jamila Headley ’07, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University

Student Life

Over 35 clubs and organizations..just a few

Defender
French Club
Math Club
Philosophy Club
Psychology Society
Chorale
Coffee House Series
Drama Club
Onion River Review
Photography Club
Wind and Jazz Ensembles
Diversity Coalition
Fire and Rescue
Founders Society
Green Up SMC/Environmental Club
Martin Luther King, Jr. Society
MOVE (Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts)
Peace and Justice Club
SGAC (Student Global AIDS Campaign)
Cycling Club
Dance Team
Fly Fishing Club
Rugby (Men's & Women's)
Ski and Snowboarding Club
Track Club
Ultimate Frisbee Club
Wilderness Program

More Student Life Information

Arts Information

The Art Department is housed in Sloane Hall; a renovated nineteenth-century cavalry barracks, offering high ceilings and abundant natural light. Our curricular offerings emphasize and contemporize the time-honored core disciplines of artistic production—drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking—along with art history surveys and seminars that illuminate those traditions. Students also have the opportunity to study ceramics, photography, and other artistic media as electives. Our goal is to further our students’ ability to produce and understand visual arts with creativity and disciplined technical skills and critical thinking. Graduating seniors exhibit a significant body of original work demonstrating these qualities in the gallery of the McCarthy Art Center as a capstone experience of the major. Students wishing to double-major in art and education should plan their course of study early and carefully to avoid scheduling conflicts.

Athletic Information

Home of the Purple Knights

Approximately 25% of Saint Michael's students participate in one of our varsity sports, but more importantly, 100% of our student-athletes earn their degrees -- a figure well above the national average.

All our varsity programs (with the exception of women's ice hockey, skiing and baseball) compete in the Northeast-10 Conference, the second largest Division II league in the nation.

Baseball
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Men's Ice Hockey
Women's Ice Hockey
Men's Lacrosse
Women's Lacrosse
Men's Skiing
Women's Skiing
Men's Soccer
Women's Soccer
Softball
Men's Swimming
Women's Swimming
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Volleyball

Faculty Information

There are 150 faculty members
93 percent with a Ph.D. or highest appropriate degree.
13:1 student-faculy ratio

Facility Information

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J. Victoria Orner Johnston- 802-654-2912/jorner@smcvt.edu