AVIC is a professional association of 19 independent colleges. Enrolling over 17,500 students, our institutions vary in size and setting, offer diverse academic programs and have differing institutional missions, ensuring that students seeking to pursue their education in Vermont have a wide range of choices.

What Vermont's independent colleges have in common is a history of academic excellence and a tradition of fostering individual achievement that mirrors the entrepreneurial spirit of Vermont.

Vermont's independent colleges will continue to provide vital leadership as well as academic and economic vigor to the state, graduating the men and women who will shape the economic, civic, and cultural life of Vermont and the nation.

"My education has given me the skills to direct my concern about the world's tenuous situation in positive ways and taught me the real power of community."

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MAKING AN IMPACT

 The Economic Impact of Private Higher Education in Vermont