Psychology at Bennington College

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology program at Bennington College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and approximately 799 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Bennington.

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

Bennington Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Bennington Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how Bennington performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Schools	1,013

Psychology Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Bennington in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bennington College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	12

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	570	$105,950
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	450	$77,670

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.