Best Training programs in Vermont, ranked by enrollment
Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an.
7 schools in Vermont run programs that feed this job, graduating 709 people a year. The job pays a median of $124,990 in Vermont across about — jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Vermont that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
4 programs in Vermont that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Vermont (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Vermont page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 52.0201In Vermont → | 598 | 84.3% | 6 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 2 | CIP 52.0213In Vermont → | 69 | 9.7% | 4 | $43,506 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 52.1001In Vermont → | 31 | 4.4% | 1 | $49,084 | $26,536 |
| 4 | CIP 52.1003In Vermont → | 11 | 1.6% | 1 | $49,084 | $26,536 |
Top 7 schools in Vermont
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 7 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT Public · 1 feeder programs | 277 | Business Administration and Management, General | $51,051 | 79% | — | 65% |
| 2 | Champlain College Burlington, VT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 182 | Business Administration and Management, General | $46,334 | 65% | $32,531 | 83% |
| 3 | Norwich University Northfield, VT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 121 | Business Administration and Management, General | $46,409 | 60% | $23,982 | 74% |
| 4 | Vermont State University Randolph, VT Public · 2 feeder programs | 71 | Business Administration and Management, General | $37,469 | 47% | — | 82% |
| 5 | Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 54 | Business Administration and Management, General | $51,126 | 73% | $25,029 | 85% |
| 6 | Community College of Vermont Montpelier, VT Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Organizational Leadership | — | 20% | — | — |
| 7 | Landmark College Putney, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Business Administration and Management, General | — | 43% | $47,335 | 49% |
All 7 schools in Vermont
Every school in Vermont with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vermont | Burlington | Public | 277 | 1 |
| Champlain College | Burlington | Private not-for-profit | 182 | 4 |
| Norwich University | Northfield | Private not-for-profit | 121 | 2 |
| Vermont State University | Randolph | Public | 71 | 2 |
| Saint Michael's College | Colchester | Private not-for-profit | 54 | 1 |
| Community College of Vermont | Montpelier | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Landmark College | Putney | Private not-for-profit | 2 | 1 |
What training and development managers earn in Vermont
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $133,000. Vermont pays below the national figure.
Metro areas in Vermont
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Training and Development Managers page.
How to become a Training
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- 5 years or more
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Vermont
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Training and Development Managers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0901Organizational Communication, General
- 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
- 13.0607Learning Sciences
- 42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
- 52.0213Organizational Leadership
- 52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
- 52.1003Organizational Behavior Studies
- 52.1006Executive/Career Coaching
Common questions
Answers for people weighing training and development managers programs in Vermont.
What degree do you need to become a Training?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 598 degrees in Vermont in 2024-25, 84.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Training?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Human Resources Management and Services. Together they graduate about 709 people a year in Vermont.
How much do training and development managers earn in Vermont?+
The median is $124,990 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.0% below the U.S. median of $133,000. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for training and development managers growing?+
BLS projects a +5.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 3,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Vermont?+
7 institutions in Vermont reported graduates from at least one of the 4 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do training and development managers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Learning Manager, Training Manager, Training Director, L and D Director (Learning and Development Director) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3131.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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