Saint Michael's College is a residential Catholic liberal arts college committed to creating a life-changing educational experience for students from throughout New England, the nation and the world.

Situated on 440 scenic acres overlooking Burlington and Lake Champlain, with superlative views of Vermont's Green Mountains, Saint Michael's combines the bustle of a busy college town with the splendor and challenge of a spectacular four-season wilderness. Living on campus involves some 1900 undergraduate students in a community characterized by lifelong volunteer service, global perspectives and exceptional teaching in traditional arts and sciences as well as contemporary fields of study.  Saint Michael's is further enriched by 200 international students in the School of International Studies, one of the nation's oldest intensive English language institutes.

Ranked among the 15 finest master's universities in the North by U.S. News and World Report, Saint Michael's grounds its 29 majors, along with pre-law and pre-medical programs, in an extensive liberal arts core and a commitment to exceptional teaching. With a student-faculty ratio of 13:1, students are ensured personal attention from their professors, nearly 90 percent of whom hold Ph.D.s or the terminal degree in their field. 

"Community" is as much verb as noun for students at Saint Michael's, which has been named a "Character Building College" by the Templeton Foundation. Saint Michael's was founded in 1904 by the Society of Saint Edmund, a French order of priests known for living their commitment to social justice and for keeping a passion for service alive by making it a core value of this college, the one and only Edmundite college in the world. Today, more than 70 percent of the student body actively pursues community service projects at Saint Michael's through M.O.V.E., Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts, an office of the Edmundite Campus Ministry.

With nearly 95 percent of undergraduates living on campus, residential life is designed to encourage immersion in academic pursuits, co-curricular activities and the pure enjoyment of the college years and the Vermont experience. Housing choices range from the traditional dormitory to townhouse-style apartments, from GREAT housing for those desiring completely substance-free environments to themed housing in which student groups meld a service project into their living space, and use that space to teach others about their project. The newest living space on campus, Cashman Hall, is a 124-bed suite-style residence hall designed to incorporate technologically rich, small group discussion areas into the living quarters to further integrate living and learning environments. Two additional new residence halls are planned in the near future and will help the College move toward a goal of 100 percent on-campus living.