Why Champlain

Champlain College represents a community focused around a distinctive education to benefit students intellectually, professionally and personally. Here are a few ways in which Champlain has earned its reputation.

Unique Academic Approach

A Champlain education will prime you for professional success through a distinctive, three-dimensional approach—The Career Dimension, The Core Curriculum and The Life Dimension. These critical pieces to a Champlain education are thoughtfully integrated to achieve the absolute best possible result and to prepare your for a successful and fulfilling life.

Great Professors

Champlain College professors have one overriding focus: your success. Their role goes beyond classroom teacher; you will come to recognize them as mentors. They know your name. And their doors are always open for one-on-one questions about class-or about life. Expect tons of feedback. And loads of career and professional advice.

Relevant Education

From Electronic Game Programming to International Business, our majors have an eye on the future. Your future. In our classrooms, you won't just gain knowledge. You'll apply it to the real world. Our e-Game majors create the video games they always wanted to play. Our education majors student-teach. And our business majors start their own businesses.

Engaged Campus

Champlain gives you the chance to lead, to run a club or start a new organization. Because we're small, leadership opportunities abound. Our students don't take notes; they raise their hands. They join in. They run for office. They volunteer. They mentor. They keep active. They stay plugged into music, theatre, e-gaming, snowboarding and, most of all, the boundless energy of the Champlain campus.

Ideal Location

We're located in the heart of Burlington, Vermont-one of America's great college towns-and all its nightlife, shopping, dining and coffee houses. Lake Champlain and the mountains surrounding it provide a stunning backdrop to our campus and a four-season playground for our students. You couldn't dream up a more gorgeous location for a college. If you are looking for an urban-vibe on an approachable scale with a community and a state that thrives on the outdoors, Burlington is it.