Mission, Vision & Values

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Throughout its history, Champlain College has benefited from strong leaders with the vision and dedication to create a singular academic experience; one that challenges motivated students to achieve their intellectual and professional goals.

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Our Mission

We embrace our Champlain tradition as an institution that prepares students to excel through radically pragmatic career-focused education. We are a supportive learning community that advances society by delivering uniquely future-focused academic programs, transformative hands-on experiences, and meaningful connections and collaborations that engage the passions of our students to create a better world.

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Achieved Career Success
Over the last six years, 91% of graduates found career success within six months after graduation.

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of students over the last six years who completed at least one internship during their time at Champlain College.

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Career-focused majors to choose from, all grounded in the future of the workforce, demand, and high-opportunity industries. Explore our career-focused programs.

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Our Vision

Champlain College empowers learners. We continuously invent and offer highly distinctive academic programs and practical experiences that lead to outstanding careers and personal success.

I came to college under the impression that I would/should emerge an entirely different person from who I was in high school, but Champlain hasn’t changed me as much as it has allowed me to sink further into who I already was. Learning in an environment that is exciting and dynamic, while also being nurturing and accepting, creates an opportunity to fully be myself, pursue my passions without limit, and really evolve as a person.
Melissa Leimbach, ’17 Creative Media
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Our Values

Innovation:
We anticipate the future and thrive in dynamic conditions.

Engaged Learning:
We commit to learning so everyone does meaningful work.

Inclusivity:
We practice inclusive teamwork and value diverse individual strengths.

Practicality:
We provide experiential professional education.

Interconnectedness:
We connect with people and places, from the local to the global.

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