Future-Focused Majors
Our majors align with today’s most in-demand career paths, and our innovative academic approach ensures you’ll be prepared for both current and emerging professions.
Different by Design
Our career-focused learning approach gives you the tools to build a career and the important skills you need to handle real-life challenges.
Upside-Down Curriculum
Work on real projects earlier so you’ll be ready for meaningful internships sooner than your peers at other institutions.
Core Curriculum
Rigorous Core courses are designed to transform you into a creative, entrepreneurial, and global thinker.
InSight Program
This four-year program teaches you essential skills for living an effective life: Career Positioning, Financial Literacy, and Wellness.
Learn by Doing
From our Studio Experiences to Internships, you’ll take part in repeated hands-on learning throughout your time at Champlain College.
In our signature Studio Experience, students work with peers in professional teams, mirroring the real-world professional studio environment. Our Leahy Center for Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity gives students the opportunity to apply classroom learning to real-world client work.
Just the Facts
Our student-to-faculty ratio means you can count on personalized support and guidance from faculty and staff committed to your academic success.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2025 named Champlain College among the 300 “best and most interesting” colleges in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Ireland.
Champlain was named a “Most Innovative School” by U.S. News & World Report in its “America’s Best Colleges” 2024 ranking of universities in the North.
Study Abroad
In addition to our campus in Burlington, Vermont, we have two state-of-the-art academic centers: one in Dublin, Ireland, and the other in Montreal, Canada. At either of our international centers, you can take required courses in your major and even land an internship. When you study abroad in Montreal or Dublin, your financial aid scholarships transfer to your semester or year abroad.
Academic Support Resources
Like everything at Champlain, academic and career support comes with a personal touch. We want to get to know you, hear about your dreams and aspirations, and then help you develop a personalized plan to make those dreams come true. Starting in your first weeks on campus, we’ll start connecting you with advisors, mentors, and coaches through our academic and career support resources.
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SMART SpaceThe SMART (Study Mentors And Resource Tutors) Space is your headquarters for academic success. Resources and programs are designed to help you meet your educational and career goals. You can make the most of the Champlain experience with academic coaching and subject-area tutors.
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Writing CenterNeed help brainstorming, getting past writer’s block, not sure how to start that paper? No worries. Champlain’s Writing Center is available to work 1:1 with you on general best practices or on individual assignments. And it’s totally free.
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Champ 101The learning curve can be steep for first-year students settling into college life. Our 10-week Champ101 programming is your first milestone for InSight and covers all the bases—from figuring out laundry to finding and sourcing the right research journal.
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Champlain College LibraryThe Champlain College Library in the Miller Information Commons is your hub for curiosity and innovation. Rent books from our facility and others, access cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing, rent equipment, and more. Our outstanding team is available to answer questions, help you access resources, and dedicated to helping you succeed.
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Majors & Programs
With more than 100 professional areas of study—and career-relevant work experience built into each and every program—a Champlain degree offers a huge advantage when marketing yourself to prospective employers.
Different by Design
Fueled by purpose, our future-focused education is relevant today and years ahead of its time.
Career-Focused
You need an education that will do more than simply prepare you for a theoretical world; it needs to get you ready for the real one.
Areas of Study
Areas of Study match your interests to our majors and programs, while exploring related careers, course highlights and campus organizations.
Study Abroad
Become a globally engaged professional. Our study abroad programs provide many pathways to life-changing experiences.
Academic Support
At Champlain College, we've built a support system where someone always has your back—from day one through graduation.
Graduate School Pathways
Options for Champlain undergraduate students to obtain an advanced degree through simplified admissions processes and articulation agreements.
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