Vermont: Educational opportunities for your entire life


Vermont has some of the best known institutions of higher learning in the east. The University of Vermont is one of the "public ivys" and draws students from all over the world..

Traditional Educational Opportunities


Basic Education

The Vermont constitution of 1777 provided for the establishment of elementary schools in towns and for a grammar school in each county.

In 1823 the first teacher-training school in the U.S. was founded at Concord.

In the late 1980s Vermont had 336 public elementary and secondary schools; total yearly enrollment was about 69,100 elementary pupils and 25,700 secondary students. About 6500 students attended private schools.

Information from "vermont," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.

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Universities & Colleges

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Vocational-Technical Centers

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Other Education Resources

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Information from The Vermont Almanac, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), Yahoo