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?

• Bennington has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Bennington is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Bennington.
• In <nil>, 45% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Bennington makes roughly $48,343 a year. This is 18% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• 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
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?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bennington?

Bennington has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 53%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Can I Afford Bennington College?

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 61% of students took out student loans averaging $7,386 a year. That adds up to $29,544 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bennington is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bennington College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 771 undergraduate students at Bennington, with 699 being full-time and 72 being part-time.

There are also 113 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 699 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
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	426
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

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.

Online Learning at Bennington College

In 2020-2021, 171 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bennington has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Bennington

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bennington College was 4,800.3%. This is the #33 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bennington regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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

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