Bennington College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Established in 1932, Bennington College is a private, liberal arts college, located in Vermont, United States, and spreads across an area of 470 acres. Bennington College's recent enrollments have been over 700 students. The college was initially founded as a women’s college. However, in 1969 it became co-educational. The college offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in arts, fine arts, writing and literature. It also offers certificates in premedical and allied health sciences.

Bennington College has an active student life. There are a number of student clubs and organizations in the college such as Student Council, Student Educational Policies Committee, Judicial Committee, Program Activity Council and the Student Endowment for the Arts. The college also offers financial aid to the needy students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in art studies, drama and performing arts, music, and liberal arts.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 759 in 2009-2010 (729 full-time equivalent).

About 32% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 68% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students and graduate students are 20%.

Students under 25 years old represent 83% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Bennington provides on-campus housing for 649 of its 729 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

Bennington offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate, Arts & Sciences Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Environmental Design/Architecture

ART STUDIES (31 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts
• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (15 awarded)

• Dance
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Playwriting and Screenwriting
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (12 awarded)

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

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (0 awarded)

• Child Development
• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Sculpture

LIBERAL ARTS (87 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (2 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication and Media Studies
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICINE (7 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (14 awarded)

• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
• Film/Cinema Studies
• Photography
• Printmaking

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (4 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (0 awarded)

• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Psychology