University of Vermont is a public institution that was founded in 1791. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 11,211, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 460 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Vermont's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 82.

Nestled between the Adirondack and Green Mountains is the University of Vermont, a private school founded in 1791. It is known colloquially as UVM, which is Latin for Universitas Viridis Montis, or University of the Green Mountains.