College · Private nonprofit · Putney, VT · Rural
Landmark College
Putney, VT
Admit rate49%
6-yr median pay$30k
Net price / yr$57k
Undergrad size455
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $57k/yr for a shot at a $30k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 49% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
455 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $83k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $57k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$332k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$228k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$105k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback7.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $66.5k
- Room & board
- $14.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants16%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans22%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$18k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$30k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$30k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out29%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 455
- Location
- Putney, VT
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White71%
- Hispanic7%
- Unknown6%
- Black5%
- Two or more races5%
- Asian3%
- International1%
Part-time18%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$74k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 6
What you can study.