This article features top engineering colleges in Vermont that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Vermont, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Vermont Top Engineering Programs |
| 143 | University of Vermont (Burlington, VT) Overall acceptance rate: 40.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 724 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $537 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $1,355 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 141 Research expenditures per faculty member: $102,190 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $3,372,298 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.0% |
“Belts” of the USA
In addition to the division into states and regions by the US Census Bureau, in the United States of America there are many other, unofficial, but nonetheless very popular and common, ways of regionally dividing the country. So, for example, in the South of the United States, the following areas are often distinguished:
- Old South – states where the first British colonies in the region were founded: Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina;
- New South – South Atlantic states;
- “States of the Confederation” – South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina;
- Deep South – Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina;
- Southern Gulf states – Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Alabamalocated on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico;
- Upper South – Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
“Belts” are often called regions of the country, united by the similarity of one or another characteristic. There are quite a few “belts” in the USA, the most famous are:
- “Bible Belt”
- “Black Belt “
- “Mormon Corridor” (“Jelly Belt”)
- “Rusty Belt”
- “Corn Belt”
- “Rice Belt”
- “Sun Belt”
- “Frost Belt”