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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Bennington College

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Astronomy & Astrophysics at Bennington College

If you are interested in studying astronomy and astrophysics, 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 has a total student population of 799. Of the 227 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bennington College in 2,021, 1 of them were astronomy and astrophysics majors.

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

Bennington Astronomy & Astrophysics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Astronomy

Bennington Astronomy & Astrophysics Rankings

The astronomy major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Astronomy & Astrophysics. 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.

Astronomy Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Bennington.

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

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

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

Careers That Astronomy Grads May Go Into

A degree in astronomy 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
Physicists 40 $111,080

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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