University of Vermont

What University of Vermont does

The University of Vermont is a public R1 top-tier Carnegie-classified research university and Vermont's land-grant institution, founded in 1791 as the fifth-oldest college in New England. It operates a 459-acre Burlington, Vermont campus organized around nine colleges and schools — including the seventh-oldest medical school in the nation (Larner College of Medicine), Grossman School of Business, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Patrick Leahy Honors College — serving approximately 13,000+ degree-seeking students with 1,946 full- and part-time faculty at a 17:1 student/faculty ratio. Underlying research and clinical infrastructure includes the IceCore AI supercomputer (100 petaflops GPU), the Vermont Mesonet weather monitoring network, the Climate Measurements Center of Excellence, and the UVM Health Network's six-organization clinical system, supplemented by affiliated entities UVM Innovations (technology transfer), the UVM Foundation (philanthropy), and the UVM Alumni Association.

Revenue is generated through a diversified mix: recurring tuition and fees across undergraduate, graduate, and medical programs; federal and extramural research grants (FY25 research support totaled $225M, anchored by NIH, NSF, NIST, USDA, and NASA); private philanthropy and foundation gifts (e.g., the George Bemis $16M nursing endowment, Bernard Osher Foundation $5.5M, Argosy Foundation $2M); athletics merchandise revenue through Nike/BSN Sports partnerships; and healthcare billing through UVM Health, including AI-augmented coding via CodaMetrix CMX CARE. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer across admissions channels (Common App, Coalition App/Scoir, in-person and virtual visits, the Professional and Continuing Education storefront at learn.uvm.edu), with state partnerships (e.g., Green Mountain Job Retention Program with VSAC and the State of Vermont) bridging workforce retention to enrollment outcomes.

Name

University of Vermont

Legal name

The University of Vermont

Website

https://uvm.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1791

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

The University of Vermont is a public R1 research university and Vermont's land-grant institution, offering undergraduate, graduate, and medical education across nine colleges to approximately 13,000+ students, anchored by $225M in annual extramural research funding and a six-organization clinical health system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Flagship Public Research Universities (R1/R2) (EDAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Research university
• Medical education
• Graduate programs
• Continuing education

Headquarters

HQ city

Burlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees (Undergraduate, Graduate, Medical): Recurring tuition revenue from degree-seeking undergraduate, graduate, and medical students; tuition scholarships accompany Graduate Teaching or Research Assistantships and cover 9 credits/semester for full-time assistants.
2. Government & Extramural Research Funding: Grants from federal agencies including NIH ($52.4M Vermont total FY2025, supporting 495 jobs), NSF ($5.5M for IceCore), NIST ($2.7M for Climate Measurements Center), USDA, and NASA EPSCoR. FY25 extramural research support totaled $225M.
3. Private Philanthropy & Foundation Gifts: Major gifts and endowments from foundations and individuals (e.g., George Bemis $16M estate gift for nursing scholarships; Bernard Osher Foundation $5.5M for integrative health; Argosy Foundation $2M for cardiovascular research).
4. Athletics Merchandise Sales: Revenue share from sport-specific online team stores operated in partnership with Nike and BSN Sports; each varsity program receives a portion of merchandise sales proceeds.
5. Healthcare Billing Services (UVM Health): Medical coding and billing revenue from UVM Health's six-organization clinical system; AI-augmented coding at UVM Medical Center handles 76% of radiology cases with 55% straight-to-bill, reducing outsourced coding costs by 50%.
6. State Retention Incentive Programs: Co-funded stipend programs such as the Green Mountain Job Retention Program ($845,000 awarded to 169 graduates who commit to living and working in Vermont for two years), shared with the State of Vermont and VSAC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The University of Vermont is a public R1 top-tier Carnegie-classified research university and land-grant institution that delivers undergraduate, graduate, medical, and professional degree programs through nine academic colleges and schools, supplemented by Professional and Continuing Education. Beyond teaching, UVM conducts $225M in annual extramural research across institutes such as the IceCore AI Supercomputer hub, the Cancer Center, the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health, and the Gund Institute for Environment, while operating a six-organization clinical health system (UVM Health Network) anchored by an on-campus teaching hospital.

Product overview

The University of Vermont is a public research university (R1 Carnegie classification, founded 1791) that operates as a platform of academic and research offerings rather than a single unified product. Its core academic platform is organized into nine colleges and schools — College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), College of Education and Social Services (CESS), College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS), College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS), Grossman School of Business, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources (RSENR), Larner College of Medicine, and the Patrick Leahy Honors College — coordinated through the Graduate College and supplemented by UVM Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Built on top of this academic platform are major research and technology assets, including the IceCore AI Supercomputer, the Vermont Mesonet weather monitoring network, and the Climate Measurements Center of Excellence (CMeC), plus clinical and applied initiatives such as the Osher Center for Integrative Health and the UVM Health deployment of CodaMetrix's CMX CARE medical coding platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine: UVM's medical college, the seventh oldest medical school in the nation, founded in 1822.
• Grossman School of Business
• Patrick Leahy Honors College
• Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
• Osher Center for Integrative Health
• Climate Measurements Center of Excellence (CMeC)
• Catamounts
• UVM Health Network

Products and services

• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) UVM college offering undergraduate and graduate programs in agriculture, life sciences, food systems, and applied economics, with affiliated research centers such as the Proctor Maple Research Center and the Food Systems Research Center.
• College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) UVM's largest academic college offering programs in arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, including the Liberal Arts Scholars Program (LASP) and the Impact Scholars Program.
• College of Education and Social Services (CESS) UVM college offering programs in education, counseling, social work, and human development, including doctoral programs in Counselor Education and Supervision and Educational Leadership.
• College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (CEMS) UVM college offering programs in biomedical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and physics, housing the IceCore supercomputer and supporting research in autonomy, robotics, semiconductors, and complex systems.
• College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) UVM college offering programs in nursing (including DNP), physical therapy, occupational therapy, communication sciences and disorders, and biomedical and clinical sciences.
• Grossman School of Business UVM business school offering undergraduate, master's (including the Sustainable Innovation MBA), PhD, and certificate programs such as Accountancy (M.Acc) and Sustainable Enterprise.
• Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources (RSENR) UVM school offering programs in environmental and natural resource sciences, including an Ecological Economics certificate and doctoral programs in Natural Resources and Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability.
• Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine The seventh oldest medical school in the nation, founded in 1822. Receives $90–100 million annually in research funding, representing 53% of all UVM research awards. Operates clinical partnerships with UVM Health and other leading institutions.
• Patrick Leahy Honors College UVM honors college offering an academically heightened experience for select undergraduates, with a dedicated residential learning community in University Heights North and South residence halls.
• The Graduate College UVM gateway to advanced learning offering nearly 90 graduate degree programs at master's and doctoral levels, plus graduate certificates, accelerated master's pathways (AMP), and postdoctoral affairs.
• UVM Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) UVM's online continuing education platform offering courses and programs for career change, personal enrichment, or professional development, accessible at learn.uvm.edu.
• Osher Center for Integrative Health UVM research and clinical center established with a $5.5 million grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation to unify practitioners, researchers, and educators and advance integrative health approaches, research, education, and policies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% of graduates employed or continuing education within six months of graduation
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability12 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, minor, major and flagship.

• Leahy Institute for Rural PartnershipsmoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Funded the first Vermont Mesonet weather station in Lyndonville as part of UVM's statewide weather monitoring network development (approximately 20 stations planned).
• Liberation EcosystemminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2026Partnership within the SYMPHONY Project to develop community-led, participatory research focusing on Indigenous and cultural knowledge, applying agroecology lessons from the Andes to Vermont.
• Keck School of Medicine at USCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2026Co-developed a noninvasive 3D imaging technique combining ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. Co-first author Jonathan Russin (UVM professor and chief of neurosurgery) led the work with researchers from USC and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
• Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2026Collaborated with UVM Larner College of Medicine and Keck School of Medicine at USC on a noninvasive 3D hybrid ultrasound-photoacoustic imaging study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
• Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) and State of VermontmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 November 2025Collaboration operating the Green Mountain Job Retention Program, which awarded $845,000 in stipends to 169 recent Vermont graduates who commit to living and working in Vermont for two years. Nearly half of participants are UVM graduates; over 400 students currently involved.
• Nike and BSN SportsmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 31 August 2025Partnership to launch sport-specific online team stores for UVM Athletics (open through September 11, 2025). Each varsity program receives a portion of merchandise sales proceeds deposited into program enhancement funds, supporting all 18 Division I varsity programs ahead of the 2025-26 season.
• Black River Innovation Campus, Hub CoWorks, Do North Coworking, and HulamoderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2025Four Vermont innovation hubs that partnered with UVM students and Professor Erik Monsen on a Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships-funded summer research project studying rural coworking and innovation hubs across Vermont. Findings were presented at the Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium at Iowa State University.
• CodaMetrixmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025AI technology company whose CMX CARE medical coding platform was implemented in partnership with UVM Medical Center. After one year, the AI handles 76% of radiology cases with a 55% straight-to-bill rate, drove a 22% coding-volume increase, and cut sourcing costs by 50%. UVM Health plans to expand the platform across its six-organization system.
• U.S. Department of Commerce / NISTflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2024UVM received $2.7M from NIST to establish the Climate Measurements Center of Excellence (CMeC). CMeC will develop standardized regional climate impact assessment methods and partner with 13 states (including Alabama, Nebraska, and Washington) to improve local climate resilience.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• University of New Hampshire: Public research university in neighboring New Hampshire with similar size, scope, and New England land-grant heritage. Operates a medical school, a College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and roughly comparable undergraduate/graduate enrollment and federal research mix.
• University of Maine: Maine's land-grant, R1 public research university serving a similar small-state, rural population with overlapping academic colleges, climate/marine research portfolio, and sustainability focus comparable to UVM.
• University of Connecticut: Public R1 university in New England with a major medical school (UConn Health), comparable Carnegie research profile, and similar mix of in-state land-grant mission plus out-of-state recruitment — a slightly larger but structurally analogous institution.
• University of Massachusetts Amherst: New England's largest public R1 research university and land-grant institution with a College of Engineering, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Isenberg School of Business, and major research enterprise — a step-up in scale but the most directly comparable peer in the same region.
• Stony Brook University: Public R1 SUNY research university on Long Island with a major medical school (Renaissance School of Medicine), strong federal research portfolio, and similar Carnegie classification to UVM.
• University at Buffalo (SUNY): Public R1 SUNY Flagship with the Jacobs School of Medicine, complementary engineering and pharmacy programs, and a comparable mix of in-state public mission and federal research revenue — a useful structural peer for UVM's medical-research integration.

Broad incumbents

• Penn State University: Larger, multi-campus public R1 land-grant institution with a College of Medicine (Penn State Health), major engineering and agricultural research enterprise, and Commonwealth Campus system that UVM could be benchmarked against on scale and federal research concentration.
• University of Wisconsin–Madison: Premier public R1 land-grant research university with a medical school, a College of Engineering, and a climate/sustainability research portfolio — provides a top-tier benchmark for UVM's aspirations in research funding scale and impact.
• Michigan State University: Public R1 land-grant university with a College of Human Medicine, College of Engineering, and significant USDA/NIFA research ties (SARE program partner with UVM). Comparable breadth of applied agricultural, health, and engineering research.

Regional players

• Oregon State University: Public R1 land-grant university on the West Coast with comparable Carnegie profile, climate and forestry research portfolio, and rural-state mission; relevant peer for benchmarking sustainability and applied-research positioning, though in a different region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/UniversityofVermont
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Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds11 records

Investors9 records

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