Colchester, VT · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Saint Michael's College
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what paying in the order that costs least is worth for a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$133,187
Paying it in the order that costs least saves a family like this about $11,943.
Your plan shows, with your own numbers:
- Which money pays each bill, semester by semester
- Which loans to take, if any, and what they will cost a month
- The dates that matter, from the FAFSA to the first bill
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A family of four with $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Saint Michael's College
| Full price | $76,388 |
| After grants, at your income | $28,590 |
100% of first-year students here got a grant or scholarship from the college in 2023-24, $37,718 on average.
At this income, 4 of Vermont's other 6 colleges cost less after grants, and 2 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Merit scholarships, in various amounts toward tuition, renewed over four years, for first-year students with a high school GPA of at least 3.6 (and 2 more below).
Saint Michael's College's promise. Free Tuition Vermont — full tuition for Vermont residents with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less who live on campus. The conditions ↓
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We'll email you on the dates that matter: when the FAFSA opens, when award letters arrive, and before you choose a college and pay the first bill. If college is two or more years away, we'll also email you when the tax year that counts begins and when it has a month left.
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What Saint Michael's College says it awards for grades and test scores.
Merit scholarships, in various amounts toward tuition, renewed over four years, for first-year students with a high school GPA of at least 3.6
The Book Award for Community Engagement: full tuition for two students nominated by their school counselor, with early action by November 1 and a 3.2 GPA
The Flagship Match, from fall 2026: tuition equal to in-state tuition and fees at the flagship public university in your home state, after the college's scholarships
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Free Tuition Vermont — full tuition for Vermont residents with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less who live on campus
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition.
- For students first enrolling in fall 2026 or later who plan to live on campus; the household adjusted gross income limit assumes typical assets. Coverage is applied to the tuition left after Pell, SEOG and VSAC grants.
- The student files the FAFSA each year and the Vermont Grant application through VSAC, and keeps a 2.5 GPA. The college's fees, room and board, and meal plan are billed separately and are not covered.
“For Vermont residents whose household adjusted gross income is $100,000 or less, tuition will be fully covered.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Saint Michael's College reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What the order saves
The difference, over four years, between paying in the order that costs least and the usual way: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Grants from the college
How many first-year students got a grant or scholarship from Saint Michael's College, and the average, are the Department of Education's figures for full-time students who started college in 2023-24. They cover every income. The prices after grants already count these grants, so don't take them off again. The Department of Education's page for Saint Michael's College →
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Saint Michael's College's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2024-25 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
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Nearby at your income
- Middlebury College$23,438 a year
- Vermont State University$23,990 a year
- Saint Michael's College$28,590 a year
- Bennington College$29,480 a year
- Champlain College$38,494 a year
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