Bennington College
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $19,250
Students with federal loans: 49.4%
Students with Pell grants: 21.2%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $21,186
After 5 years: $34,772
Majors(75 programs)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.(44 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(28 graduates)
- Literature.(21 graduates)
- Music.(19 graduates)
- Public Policy Analysis.(15 graduates)
- Social Sciences, General.(11 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(11 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(9 graduates)
- Dance.(8 graduates)
- Graphic Communications.(6 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(6 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(6 graduates)
- Research and Experimental Psychology.(6 graduates)
- Anthropology.(6 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(5 graduates)
- Computer Science.(5 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(5 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(5 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(4 graduates)
- Mathematics.(4 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(4 graduates)
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.(3 graduates)
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(3 graduates)
- Education, General.(2 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(2 graduates)
- Biology, General.(2 graduates)
- Philosophy.(2 graduates)
- Economics.(2 graduates)
- Sociology.(2 graduates)
- Architecture.(1 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(1 graduates)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.(1 graduates)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences.(1 graduates)
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.(1 graduates)
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.(1 graduates)
- Geography and Cartography.(1 graduates)
- Social Sciences, Other.(1 graduates)
- Environmental Design.
- Area Studies.
- Journalism.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.
- Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Other.
- Library Science and Administration.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Botany/Plant Biology.
- Applied Mathematics.
- Biological and Physical Sciences.
- Museology/Museum Studies.
- International/Global Studies.
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
- Religion/Religious Studies.
- Physical Sciences.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- Chemistry.
- Physics.
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.
- Psychology, Other.
- Community Organization and Advocacy.
- International Relations and National Security Studies.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Public Health.
- Business/Managerial Economics.
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.
- History.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 759 students
Admission Rate: 48.0%
Retention Rate: 85.0%
Graduation Rate: 66.7%
Student Demographics
White (63.1%)
Hispanic (10.5%)
Black (3.4%)
Asian (1.7%)
Two or More (5.1%)
International (13.6%)
Gender Distribution
Men (31.8%)
Women (68.3%)