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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?

241 Undergraduate Awards
$43,276 Avg Cost After Aid
45% Acceptance Rate
  • 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?

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Contact details for Bennington are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6003
Phone: 802-442-5401
Website: www.bennington.edu

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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?
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?

45% Acceptance Rate
74% Of Accepted Are Women
13% Submit SAT Scores
Bennington has a fairly low acceptance rate of 45%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Bennington College  ( 660 to 700 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Bennington College  ( 600 to 670 )
200
800
Bennington received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 29 and 33.

ACT Composite Scores for Bennington College  ( 29 to 33 )
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36

Can I Afford Bennington College?

$43,276 Net Price
55% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Bennington is $43,276. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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

606 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 697 undergraduate students at Bennington, with 606 being full-time and 91 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bennington College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
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.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
English Literature (Other) 0 0 57 57
Literature 0 31 0 31
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 29 0 29
Drama & Theater Arts 0 19 0 19
Dance 0 15 1 16
Music 0 14 1 15
Writing Studies 0 14 0 14
General Social Sciences 0 10 0 10
Computer Science 0 9 0 9
Liberal Arts General Studies 9 0 0 9
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 9 0 9
Romance Languages 0 8 0 8
Mathematics 0 7 0 7
General Psychology 0 6 0 6
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 6 0 6
Graphic Communications 0 5 0 5
East Asian Languages 0 5 0 5
General Biology 0 4 0 4
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 4 0 4
History 0 4 0 4
Natural Resources Conservation 0 4 0 4
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 3 0 3
Physics 0 3 0 3
Anthropology 0 3 0 3
General Architecture 0 2 0 2
Communication & Media Studies 0 2 0 2
General Education 0 2 0 2
General English Literature 0 2 0 2
Chemistry 0 2 0 2
Public Policy 0 0 2 2
Other Visual Art 0 2 0 2
Ethnic Studies 0 1 0 1
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 1 0 1
Biological & Physical Science 0 1 0 1
Cultural Studies & Analysis 0 1 0 1
Data Science 0 1 0 1
Museum Studies 0 1 0 1
Religious Studies 0 1 0 1
Political Science & Government 0 1 0 1
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0
Environmental Design 0 0 0 0
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 0
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0
Journalism 0 0 0 0
Communication & Journalism (Other) 0 0 0 0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0
Audiovisual Communications 0 0 0 0
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Area Studies 0 0 0 0
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 0
Public Health 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0
Library & Information Science 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
General Physical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 0 0
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0
Other Psychology 0 0 0 0
Economics 0 0 0 0
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 232 61 302

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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