Creative Writing at Bennington College

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Bennington College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and has a total student population of 799.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

Bennington Creative Writing Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

Bennington Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Bennington

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Bennington College.

Bennington Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

69% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Bennington since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at Bennington are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bennington College with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VT, the home state for Bennington College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Editors	260	$48,910
Writers and Authors	170	$62,260

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
O*NET Online
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