Dance at Bennington College

If you plan to study dance, 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, 6 of them were dance majors.

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

Bennington Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance
• Master’s Degree in Dance

Bennington Dance Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dance major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dance. 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 Dance Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools	29
	34

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in dance from Bennington. This is the #37 most popular school for dance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dance Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington Dance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in dance from Bennington in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance 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 dance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bennington Dance Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in dance from Bennington.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Music
• Drama & Theater Arts
• General Visual & Performing Arts

Careers That Dance Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance 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

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.