Bennington College

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.

Campus Location

One College Drive
Bennington, VT 05201-6003
USA
Main Tel: (802) 442-5401
Web Site

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Bennington College Highlights

Where Bennington College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in art studies, drama and performing arts, music, and liberal arts.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Large number of programs of study offered.

Other important characteristics:

Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Student meal (board) plan
Study abroad option
Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	133	60
Master	60	17
Postbaccalaureate certificate	8	1

Bennington Students

The student enrollment at Bennington was 723 in 2007 (711 full-time equivalent).

About 27% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 73% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

About 3% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 97% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 36,800
Room	$ 5,030
Board	$ 4,350
Books and supplies	$ 800
Other	$ 2,175

Financial Aid: Bennington participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Bennington:

School	Location	Enrollment
Pitzer College	Claremont, CA	999
Earlham College	Richmond, IN	1,365
Cornell College	Mount Vernon, IA	1,083
Marlboro College	Marlboro, VT	313
Centre College	Danville, KY	1,189
Coe College	Cedar Rapids, IA	1,316
Occidental College	Los Angeles, CA	1,877
Wisconsin Lutheran College	Milwaukee, WI	706
Westmont College	Santa Barbara, CA	1,337
Amherst College	Amherst, MA	1,683

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
Without tenure; tenure not available		60

Housing and Meals

Bennington provides on-campus housing for 610 of its 711 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Bennington Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	52%
Women	68%
All	63%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	580-700
Math	540-630
Writing	580-690

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

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

ART STUDIES (37 awarded)

Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DESIGN (0 awarded)

Design and Applied Arts

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (26 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 (13 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 (0 awarded)

Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
Sculpture

LIBERAL ARTS (89 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
Italian Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature
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 (0 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 (8 awarded)

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (13 awarded)

Music Theory and Composition
Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (4 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Film/Cinema Studies
Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

Philosophy

SCIENCE (4 awarded)

Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Ecology
Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (3 awarded)

Psychology