Bennington College

General Information

Name: Bennington College
Address: One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6003
Phone:

• General information: (802) 442-5401
• Financial aid office: (802) 440-4325
• Admissions office: (800) 833-6845

Website: www.bennington.edu
Type of Institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Financial Aid Recipients

Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
• Any form of aid: 72%
• Federal grants: 18%
• State/local grants: 6%
• Institutional grants: 65%
• Student loans: 65%

Average Amount of Aid Received:
• Federal grants:$4401
• State/local grants:$767
• Institutional grants:$18171
• Student loans:$4665

Enrollment

Characteristics of undergraduate students

White non-hispanic: 86%
Black non-hispanic: 2%
Hispanic: 3%
Asian/pacific islander: 2%
American indian/alaska native: 0%
Other: 6%

Degrees offered

Architecture and Related Services
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) - Bachelor
  
• Environmental Design/Architecture - Bachelor

Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor
  
• Ecology - Bachelor

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Communication and Media Studies, Other - Bachelor
  
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric - Bachelor
  
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other - Bachelor

Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching - Master
  
• Education, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education - Master
  
• French Language Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master
  
• Music Teacher Education - Master
  
• Social Studies Teacher Education - Master
  
• Spanish Language Teacher Education - Master
  
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels - Master

English Language and Literature/Letters
• Creative Writing - Bachelor, Master
  
• English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor
  
• English Language and Literature/Letters, Other - Bachelor, Master

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Child Development - Bachelor

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Chinese Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Foreign Languages and Literatures, General - Bachelor
  
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other - Bachelor
  
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General - Bachelor
  
• Italian Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Japanese Language and Literature - Bachelor
  
• Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor

History
• History, General - Bachelor

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities
• General Studies - Bachelor
  
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies - Bachelor

Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics, General - Bachelor

Natural Resources and Conservation
• Environmental Studies - Bachelor

Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Philosophy - Bachelor

Physical Sciences
• Chemistry, General - Bachelor
  
• Physics, General - Bachelor

Psychology
• Psychology, General - Bachelor

Social Sciences
• Anthropology - Bachelor
  
• International Relations and Affairs - Bachelor
  
• Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor
  
• Social Sciences, General - Bachelor

Visual and Performing Arts
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics - Bachelor
  
• Cinematography and Film/Video Production - Bachelor
  
• Dance, General - Bachelor
  
• Design and Applied Arts, Other - Bachelor
  
• Directing and Theatrical Production - Bachelor
  
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor
  
• Film/Cinema Studies - Bachelor
  
• Music Theory and Composition - Bachelor
  
• Music, General - Bachelor, Master
  
• Photography - Bachelor
  
• Playwriting and Screenwriting - Bachelor
  
• Sculpture - Bachelor
  
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology - Bachelor
  
• Visual and Performing Arts, General - Bachelor
  
• Visual and Performing Arts, Other - Master