History at Bennington College

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Bennington College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 History section at the bottom of this page.

Bennington History Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in History

Bennington History Rankings

The history major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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.

History Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington History Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Bennington since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bennington College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	1

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	2,130	$65,850
Managers	570	$105,950
Curators	40	$58,840
Archivists	30	$46,610

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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