Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 76.45
Liaison Ryan Ihrke
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Green Mountain College
IC-3: Academics and Demographics

Status Score Responsible Party
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Number of academic divisions:
1

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
3

Full-time equivalent enrollment:
799

Full-time equivalent of employees:
198.60

Full-time equivalent of distance education students:
173

Total number of undergraduate students:
637

Total number of graduate students:
174

Number of degree-seeking students:
795

Number of non-credit students:
0

Number of employees:
279

Number of residential students:
540

Number of residential employees:
5

Number of in-patient hospital beds:
0

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Green Mountain College is a small school focused on sustainability education across the liberal arts and pre-professional curriculum. Consequently, in our 2011 STARS report, it seemed most appropriate to consider the entire school the same division. Not only is our entire school smaller than many divisions at larger schools, but faculty teach classes in multiple programs across the school. We continue that practice in this report.

The College eliminated academic departments in 2008 and increased its emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching. Given how small our academic programs are and the wide ranges of faculty responsibilities across multiple programs, we decided not to operate under the traditional department model. We created three program clusters for administrative purposes, each encompassing approximately 15 full-time faculty each and multiple academic programs. As in our 2011 STARS report, we are interpreting these clusters as most closely analogous to STARS "departments." Thus, we are listing them as departments here. One of these clusters includes our small satellite campus at Killington, the Killington School of Resort Management.

The enrollment numbers here include students under continuous enrollment.

The full-time equivalent employee numbers include employees working for the two permanent on-site contractors: Chartwells (Dining Services) and DTZ (Facilities).


Green Mountain College is a small school focused on sustainability education across the liberal arts and pre-professional curriculum. Consequently, in our 2011 STARS report, it seemed most appropriate to consider the entire school the same division. Not only is our entire school smaller than many divisions at larger schools, but faculty teach classes in multiple programs across the school. We continue that practice in this report.

The College eliminated academic departments in 2008 and increased its emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching. Given how small our academic programs are and the wide ranges of faculty responsibilities across multiple programs, we decided not to operate under the traditional department model. We created three program clusters for administrative purposes, each encompassing approximately 15 full-time faculty each and multiple academic programs. As in our 2011 STARS report, we are interpreting these clusters as most closely analogous to STARS "departments." Thus, we are listing them as departments here. One of these clusters includes our small satellite campus at Killington, the Killington School of Resort Management.

The enrollment numbers here include students under continuous enrollment.

The full-time equivalent employee numbers include employees working for the two permanent on-site contractors: Chartwells (Dining Services) and DTZ (Facilities).

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.