Bennington College Overview
Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Bennington, Vermont. Bennington is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.
What Is Bennington College Known For?
- Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Bennington since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
- The master's degree is the highest award offered at Bennington.
- During a recent academic cycle, 45% of the faculty were full-time.
- The average Bennington student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.
Where Is Bennington College?
Contact details for Bennington are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6003 |
Phone: | 802-442-5401 |
Website: | www.bennington.edu |
How Do I Get Into Bennington?
You can apply to Bennington online at: https://myfinancialaid.bennington.edu/NetPartnerStudent/Logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fNetPartnerStudent%2fDefault.aspx
Admission Requirements for Bennington
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | 1 |
High School Rank | 5 |
High School Transcript | 1 |
College Prep Program | 1 |
Recommendations | 1 |
SAT or ACT Scores | 5 |
TOEFL | 1 |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Bennington?
Approximately 26% of accepted students are men and 74% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 33%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.
Average Test Scores
About 13% of students accepted to Bennington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 700. Math scores were between 600 and 670.
Can I Afford Bennington College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bennington, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,846 a year. That adds up to $27,384 over four years for those students.
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Bennington College Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 102 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 606 full-time undergraduates at Bennington, 33% are male and 67% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bennington College students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 13 |
Hispanic or Latino | 65 |
White | 365 |
International Students | 123 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 34 |
Geographic Diversity
Vermont students aren't the only ones who study at Bennington College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 69 countries are represented at Bennington. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bennington College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Jared C. Benedict. under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.