Passionate, career-minded students have been the focus of Champlain College since it was founded in 1878. Today, that long-standing tradition continues with outstanding undergraduate and online undergraduate courses. Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college overlooking Lake Champlain and Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland. Our career-driven approach to higher education prepares students for their professional life from their very first semester. Ranked among the Princeton Review’s 378 Best Colleges: 2014 Edition and named the Top “Up-and-Comer” College in U.S. News & World Report’s ” 2014 Best Colleges,” Champlain offers: