Philosophy at Bennington College

If you are interested in studying philosophy, you may want to check out the program at Bennington College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and approximately 799 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from Bennington.

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

Bennington Philosophy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Bennington Philosophy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the philosophy progam at Bennington compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Popular Philosophy Schools	567

Philosophy Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bennington. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Bennington since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy 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 philosophy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bennington also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
Natural Sciences Managers	110	$97,340

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
• Image Credit: By Jared C. Benedict. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.