Champlain College Information

Founded in 1878, Champlain College is one of the most innovative regionally accredited not-for-profit colleges in the United States. Located in Burlington, Vermont—with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland—Champlain offers a traditional undergraduate experience from its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain. In addition, Champlain College Online serves more than 3,000 students through undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates in high-growth fields like cybersecurity, data science, healthcare administration, and human resource management. It is one of the oldest online institutions in the United States and consistently ranks as a leader in online higher education by U.S. News & World Report. The College’s distinctive career-driven approach to higher education embodies the notion that true learning occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge. For six years in a row, Champlain was named a "Most Innovative School" in the North by U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Colleges” rankings, and was listed among The Princeton Review’s “The Best 386 Colleges” in 2021. Champlain is also featured in the 2021 Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the “best and most interesting schools” in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and was recognized as a 2020 College of Distinction for its “Engagement, Teaching, Community, and Outcomes.”