Bennington College in Bennington
Bennington, VT
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Overview
Average Annual Cost
Average annual cost includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses, minus the average grant/scholarship aid. Separate metrics have calculated for different institutions depends on calendar system and sector of the establishment (public or private).
The Bennington College is a private and academic-year institution, so it’s net price represents an average of all programs and includes only undergraduates who first enrolled in the fall term and receive Title IV aid. The total cost of attendance depends on whether undergraduates live on campus, off campus (not with family), or off campus (with family).
ABOVE AVERAGE
By Family Income
Depending on the federal state, or institutional grant and available, Bennington College students in your income bracket may pay more of less than the overall average costs.
| Family Income | Average cost |
|---|---|
| $0 - $30,000 | $18,233 |
| $30,001 - $48,000 | $18,943 |
| $48,001 - $75,000 | $24,821 |
| $75,001 - $110,000 | $26,470 |
| $110,001+ | $37,004 |
Admission considerations
Required:
- Secondary school record
- Recommendations
- Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Recommended:
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school rank
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Formal demonstration of competencies
Neither required nor recommended:
- Admission test scores
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Finance
Charges:
Typical room charge for academic year: 7680
Typical board charge for academic year: -
Combined charge for room and board: -
Percent of students with financial aid
Types of financial aids
596 of Bennington College undergraduate students were awarded with some type of financial aid, it’s 90 percents of all undergraduate students. This makes Bennington College number 6 in the amount of financial aid awarded to students among all educational institutions in Vermont.
Students at Bennington College awarded 5 types of loans or aids, the biggest percent of students received a any financial aid.
Salary After Attending
According to College Scorecard Data from U.S. Department of Education
Students services
Career
Academic/career counseling service
Employment services for students
Living & meal
Full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students required to live on campus
Institution provide on-campus housing
Institution provides board or meal plan
Veteran Services Available
Yellow Ribbon Program
Disability services
Percent indicator of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities
Graduate programs or courses are offered via distance education
Alternative tuition plans
Any alternative tuition plans offered by institution
Tuition payment plan
Tuition payment plan - a program that allows tuition to be paid in installments spread out over an agreed upon period of time, sometimes without interest or finance charges.
Special learning opportunities
Here are the learning opportunities available in Bennington College.
Study abroad
Study abroad - programs and arrangements providing students a possibility to complete part of the college program studying in another country.
Graduation Rate
Bennington College graduation rate is above the national average.
67% of full-time students enrolled for the first time to Bennington College completed the education program and got a degree in 150 percent of the expected time of completion.
The graduation rate value includes only programs that were completed less than six years for four-year degrees or less than three years for two-year degrees.
Graduation rate is the percentage of institution’s new-entering, first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the published time for the program. Graduation rate excludes an extensive number of students. This index doesn’t take into account students of nontraditional enrollments - part-time students, students who enroll mid-year, and who transfer from one institution to another. So graduation rate alone can create a misleading perception. Completion rate in the form of total number of students receiving any types of awards/degrees creates a complete picture. Combining this data with graduation rate is a better way to compare institutions.
Applying information
Admission considerations
Required:
- Secondary school record
- Recommendations
- Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Recommended:
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school rank
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Formal demonstration of competencies
Neither required nor recommended:
- Admission test scores
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Acceptance Rate
The percentage of students given offers out of all those that applied.
In comparison to National Average
Bennington College acceptance rate is below national average.
In comparison to state Average
Average acceptance rate for institutions in state is 78%, so acceptance rate value is below state average for 11%.
BELOW AVERAGE
In comparison to an average acceptance rate in of colleges in $20k - $30k price range
Average acceptance rate for all institutions in state in the same net price range is 71%, so Bennington College acceptance rate value is below state net price average for 4% only.
BELOW AVERAGE
Admissions yield
Total
Full time
Part time
Retention rate
Full-time retention rate
Part-time retention rate
The Bennington College full-time retention rate is 82% and part-time retention rate is 0%.
Retention rate is the percentage of the institution's first-time first-year undergraduate students who continue at that institution the next year. E.g., full-time students who study in the fall semester and keep on studying in the same program next fall semester are counted in the retention rate.
Retention rate is an important indicator: if it is high, it shows that school has quality curriculum, good student environments and cultures as more students choose to continue their studies.
Student Body
The student-to-faculty ratio at Bennington College is 10:1, that means that for every 10 students the institution has one professor, lecturer or specialist with a degree in education. Lower student-to-faculty ratio is better - it means that professors can dedicate more time and attention to each student.
Men/Women
Percent of international students
Race/ethnicity breakdown
Students enrollment in distance education
In Bennington College the biggest percent of students are enrolled in on-campus courses.
Distance education location breakdown
Here are the students enrolled exclusively in distance education courses at Bennington College and grouped by their location. Distance education courses are the most popular for students located in U.S., but not in Vermont.
Campus Safety
The percentage of crimes on Main Campus
The campus located by One College Drive address in Bennington, Vermont.
Main Campus in comparison of all branches in the US. It is calculated as the average percent of crimes yearly by five years of data for every campus, based on an overall number of students studying there. The branch is a part of Bennington College with 0.79% of maximum crimes a year. The most often crimes detected on Main Campus are forcible sex offense, burglary, and motor vehicle theft.
Academic Programs
Number of degree programs offered
This is one of the highest number of programs in comparison with other 27 universities in Vermont state, with one of the highest number of Bachelor's degree. Bennington College is one of the few institutions in Vermont that offers a Master's degree program.
Number of degree programs offered via distance education
There are 6 distance learning programs that are offered in the Bennington College: 6 are for Master's degree.
Note, that programs offered via distance education might be fully online as well as partially online and contain real-time elements. So look carefully into each program to make sure you can commit.
Total credit/contact hours
Here you can find the data on instructional activity in measured in total credit and/or contact hours delivered by institutions during a 12-month period. Also we shown the Vermont state average data to help you compare.
Bennington College provides coursework for undergraduate students and graduate students.
In 2014-2015 academic year estimated full-time equivalent undergraduate enrollment was 666 students with 19976 сredit hours for 12-month instructional activity period. The enrollment for graduates was 131 with 3152 credit hours.
TOP 5 Popular Majors
The most popular majors counted as percentage breakdown of degrees awarded in every single discipline in Bennington College
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Student Reviews and Ratings for Bennington College
Overall Rating:
agreed--a great place to walk the dog
Source of the review: Google Places, Google Maps™Always a great place to walk the dog.
Source of the review: Google Places, Google Maps™And to think I coulda gone to Julliard! No regrets coming to Bennington. The most surreal 4 years I've ever spent. Thanks!
Source of the review: Google Places, Google Maps™Excellent liberal arts education.
Source of the review: Google Places, Google Maps™This was the strangest,intensely close-knit and socially formidable but absolutely unforgettable college I will probably ever attend. I came from a small town in New Mexico at the tragically tender age of 19, and was totally out of my element.Brilliant students and teachers, trust- fund punks and upper-class misfits, weirdos and whinos and painters, potters and poets, all drawn together in ritual debauachery in search of an opening in the cracks of their own futures to shoot through.I loved it and hated it, but because of it, I now know the possibilities that are becoming, and the ones which already are, and ones which will never be. Bennington College was real, but the reality creeping under the misty hills after midnight can never be seen, just glimpsed at.I regret only my youth and vulnerability, but not the chance to witness and experience this rare place.Thank you, Bennington, it was not all bad. Sincerely, John Chutkow BA
Source of the review: Google Places, Google Maps™Location & Website
Address: One College Drive
Place: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Religious affiliation: Not applicable
Calendar system: Semester
General Phone Number: +8024425401
Institution is active in current year: 1
Institution's internet website address: bennington.edu
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