Central Vermont Adult Basic Education provides free literacy instruction for adults and out of school youth in the belief that a person who is literate has the essential key for self understanding and for full and active membership in the world.
Opportunities exist for adults and people of all ages to further their education in a particular field, learn specific skills, attend independent courses, or pursue general studies. Despite its small size, Montpelier boasts of having the following 5 institutions of higher learning.