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General Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College

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General Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College

If you are interested in studying general visual and performing arts, 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 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bennington College in 2021, 33 of them were general visual and performing arts majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Visual & Performing Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Bennington General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

Bennington General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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

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 visual arts major at Bennington is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Visual & Performing Arts. 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 7
Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 50
Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 102
102
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 126
141

How Much Do Visual Arts Graduates from Bennington Make?

The median salary of visual arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bennington is $14,867. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,314 for all visual arts students.

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Visual Arts Student Demographics at Bennington

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

Bennington General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in visual arts from Bennington in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual arts 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 visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 24
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

Careers That Visual Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual arts 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
Graphic Designers 540 $50,000
Photographers 110 $48,840
Fine Artists 60 $54,910
Art Directors 60 $86,740
Craft Artists 50 $34,000

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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