School Profile
Champlain College
School Overview
Founded in 1878, Champlain College® is a small, not-for-profit, private college overlooking Lake Champlain and Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland. Our career-driven approach to higher education prepares students for their professional life from their very first semester.
Ranked among the Princeton Review's 378 Best Colleges: 2014 Edition and named the Top "Up-and-Comer" College in U.S. News & World Report's "2014 Best Colleges," Champlain offers:
More than 30 Undergraduate Degrees
12 Online Continuing Undergraduate Degrees and a number of professional certificates in business, technology, and health care
8 Online Graduate Programs and an on-campus MFA Program
BY THE NUMBERS:
Total Areas of Study: Over 80 subject areas, including undergraduate majors, minors, specializations, graduate degrees and certificate programs.
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12:1
Enrollment: 2,000 students from 41 states and 22 countries.
Male-to-female ratio: 62% male, 38% female.
Average class size: 17 (maximum 30).
Number of Clubs, Activities and Organizations: 50+
Placement Rate: Over 90% of all Champlain alumni are working in their chosen field within one year of graduation.
Prime Location: 214 miles to Boston. 104 miles to Montreal. 300 miles to New York City.
LEARNING
Academic Philosophy: True learning occurs when information and experience combine to create knowledge. An emphasis on career preparation and continuous self-improvement creates a direct path to professional success and a rewarding life.
Undergraduate Studies: Individually tailored career-focused programs blend transformative classroom teaching rooted in an understanding of tomorrow's workplace with active experiences, multidisciplinary studies and life skills training.
Undergraduate Degrees: Associate of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Social Work.
Online Degrees & Continuing Education: This faster, more affordable approach to advanced education offers focused, self-directed learning on any schedule and credit for prior work or college experience.
Graduate Studies: Flexible on-line learning programs deliver the latest management skills and concepts in key disciplines while using work experiences to drive understanding of theory.
Graduate Degrees: Master of Business Administration, Master of Education, Master of Fine Art and Master of Science.
Upside-Down Curriculum: Unique educational architecture enables first-year students to immediately take significant courses in their major.
Rankings: Top Pick in Princeton Review's The Best 378 Colleges: 2014 edition. Top "Up-and-Comer" College in the the North according to the 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges.
Internships: Available in all majors.
School History
Recent High points at Champlain:
2013
Burlington, VT is named the #1 Best College Town in America by Travel & Leisure Magazine.
The Atlantic releases an article about Champlain, "What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This," as part of the American Futures project. Author John Tierney said, "American higher education would be better off if more colleges tried to replicate what's going on here."
Champlain is named the Top "Up-and-Comer" regional college in the North according to the 2014 edition of Us. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges."
Champlain College is featured in the 2014 Princeton Review's 'Best 387 Colleges."
Champlain is awarded the 2013 SC Award U.S. for having the "Best Cyber Security Higher Education Program."
Champlain College's online degree program is among the top ranked colleges in the nation according to the "Best Online Bachelor's Education Program" released by U.S. News and World Report.
More than a dozen Champlain College Stiller School of Business students completed an international summer internship program in Shanghai, China, funded by the Freeman Foundation.
Champlain College Center for Financial Literacy issues a "National Report Card" on the state of financial literacy education in high schools in 50 states.
Champlain College Social Work (BSW) program receives Initial Accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education.
Champlain College named one of top 322 most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review.
Construction begins on two new residence halls, Butler and Valcour, to complete the Res-Tri Project. Expected completion is summer 2014.
Champlain College was the first Vermont institution to be part of the CFA Institute University Recognition Program and qualify to receive five scholarships for finance and accounting students in the Stiller School of Business.
2012
The College receives a $10 million gift from the Stiller Family Foundation and renames its business school to the Robert P. Stiller School of Business.
The College is ranked in the top 15 Regional Colleges in the North according to the 2013 edition of "America's Best Colleges," released by U.S. News & World Report.
The College is featured in the 2013 Princeton Review 'The Best 376 Colleges.' Champlain is ranked 2nd in the "Best Classroom Experience" category and eighth in the "Got Game?" category.
The College is redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
Champlain's library receives the 2012 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
The College is included in the Princeton Review's "322 Green Colleges" Guide.
Six of Champlain's faculty members are included in The Princeton Review's "Best 300 Professors": J.C. Ellefson, English (Creative Writing);Jonathan Rajewski, Digital Forensics; John P. Rogate, Computer Science; Eric Ronis, Communication; Alan Stracke, Sociology; and Janice Gohm Webster, English.
The College has been voted as "Best Training or Professional Education" in the annual Champlain Business Journal's Best of the Best Business Awards.
2011
The College launches its Master's in Early Childhood Education, its Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Media, and its Bachelor of Science in Management of Creative Media.
The College is named one of the Top 10 places to study game design by GamePro magazine.
The College is ranked 13th in the "Best Regional Colleges in the North," 17th in the "Best Classroom Experience" and third in the "Class Discussions Are Encouraged" by Princeton Review as part of the Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition.
Champlain professor, Gary Scudder, receives the VT Professor of the Year award by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
2010
Champlain introduces its new Center for Financial Literacy.
The Emergent Media Center, along with the help of soccer star Samuel Eto'o, releases a soccer game called Breakaway tailored to educate youth on a global level.
The College launches its Master's in Fine Arts in Emergent Media.
Champlain President David Finney is honored at NEBHE's 2010 New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
The College launches its Environmental Policy major.
The Division of Communication and Creative Media at Champlain launches the Champlain College Publishing Initiative (CCPI).
2009
The College launches the Life Experience & Action Dimension (LEAD) program.
The College celebrates the grand opening of the EMC at the Champlain Mill in Winooski, VT.
The College is ranked in the top three national Continuing Professional Studies (CPS) online degree programs according to the Online Education Database (OEDb).
The College is recognized as one of America's "Top Up-and-Coming Scools" in US News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges."
The College is recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
2008
The College opens its campus in Dublin, Ireland called Champlain College Dublin.
The BYOBiz program launches it's first annual Elevator Pitch Contest.
The College is ranked in the top tier of "The Best Comprehensive Colleges in the North" by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2009."
The Core Division is established at the College.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Ranked among the Princeton Review's 378 Best Colleges: 2014 Edition and named the Top "Up-and-Comer" College in U.S. News & World Report's "2014 Best Colleges,"