Public Policy at Bennington College

If you plan to study public policy, 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 approximately 799 students attend the school each year. Of the 227 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bennington College in 2021, 13 of them were public policy majors.

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

Bennington Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy
• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

Bennington Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. 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.

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in public policy from Bennington. This makes it the #91 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Bennington. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Bennington Public Policy Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in Public Policy from Bennington in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the public policy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,060	$103,030
Social Scientists	70	$81,360

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.