Graduate Programs at Vermont Law and Graduate School

Graduate School Overview

Vermont Law and Graduate School (referred to as VLS) is a Private, 4 years school located in South Royalton, VT. Vermont Law and Graduate School is a historically black school. Vermont Law and Graduate School is a tribal college. It is classified as a School of law school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice.

The school is accredited by American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (7/1/1975 - Current[Estimated Date]).

VLS Directory Information
School Name	Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLS)
Address	164 Chelsea Street, South Royalton, VT 05068-0096
Phone	802-831-1000
Web	https://www.vermontlaw.edu
Online Application	https://www.vermontlaw.edu/admissions/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.vermontlaw.edu/admissions/tuition-and-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Vermont Law and Graduate School is $43,300 in average. The school has 654 students (all graduate). Among them, 4 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$43,300
Student Population	654
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (4 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Vermont Law and Graduate School is $43,300 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,400.

Vermont Law and Graduate School offers the alternative tuition plans.

Vermont Law and Graduate School offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	4 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Vermont Law and Graduate School is $43,300. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -0.10% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$40,345	$1,335
2019-2020	$40,345	$1,345
2020-2021	$40,350	$1,090
2021-2022	$42,000	$1,345
2022-2023	$42,000	$1,300

The graduate school tuition & fees of VLS is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in Vermont. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the Vermont graduate tuition is $21,871 (public) / $24,198 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Vermont Law and Graduate School	$43,300
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Vermont Graduate Schools	$19,958	$23,552
Public	$12,569	$21,871
Private	$24,198

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,400 at Vermont Law and Graduate School. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,345
2019-2020	$1,345
2020-2021	$1,345
2021-2022	$1,400
2022-2023	$1,400

The law school tuition at Vermont Law and Graduate School is $50,775 for academic year 2022-2023. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Vermont Law and Graduate School
	Tuition	Fees
Law	$49,700	$1,075

Graduate Programs at VLS

Vermont Law and Graduate School offers 6 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 299 students have completed their study at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Offered Degrees at Vermont Law and Graduate School
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	2	2	111
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	151
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	18
Post Master's Degree	2	1	19
Total	6	4	299

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Vermont Law and Graduate School by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence program with 18 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Legal Professions and Studies (other) program with 83 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 151 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Vermont Law and Graduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✔	18	-
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	✔	15	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✔	4	-

Popular Master's Programs at Vermont Law and Graduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✔	83	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✔	28	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Vermont Law and Graduate School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	151	-

Vermont Law and Graduate School offers 6 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 299 students have completed their graduate studies.

111 students have earned/completed Master's program.
151 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
18 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
19 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✔	111 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✔	28	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✔	83	-
	Total	111

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	151 completers	-
Law	✕	151	-
	Total	151

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✔	18 completers	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	✔	18	-
	Total	18

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✔	19 completers	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	4	-
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	✔	15	-
	Total	19

Graduate Student Population at VLS

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 655 students enrolled into Vermont Law and Graduate School graduate schools where it has total 653 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 574 full-time and 81 part-time graduate students. By gender, 231 male and 424 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	655	231	424
Full-time	574	206	368
Part-tme	81	25	56

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 433 White (66.11%), 57 Black/African American (8.70%), 75 Hispanic (11.45%), 17 Asian (2.60%), and 73 students with other races. 25 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	655	231	424
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	17	7	10
Black/African American	57	19	38
Hispanic	75	24	51
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	433	161	272
Two More	3	0	3
Un-Known	43	14	29
Non-resident Alien	25	5	20

Vermont Law and Graduate School offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 154 graduate students (23.51% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 94 graduate students (14.35% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	655
Enrolled Online Exclusively	154
Enrolled Some Online Courses	94
Not in Online Courses	407

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Vermont Law and Graduate School. 208 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.76% of total students), 31 students are aged above 50 (4.73%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	655	231	424
Age 20-21	15	1	14
Age 22-24	193	64	129
Age 25-29	238	91	147
Age 30-34	78	29	49
Age 35-39	43	16	27
Age 40-49	57	19	38
Age 50-64	28	8	20
Over 64	3	3	0

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