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Bennington College

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
65751865%65%$36,800$36,800$9,380
Year last surveyed2007
AddressOne College Drive
Bennington VT 05201
Phone(802) 442-5401
Admissionsin-state: (800) 833-6845
out-of-state: (800) 833-6845
fax: (802) 447-4269
Carnegie ClassificationBaccalaureate Colleges – Liberal Arts
Typecomprehensive higher education institution [awards bachelor's and may also award associate degrees, offers graduate programs primarily at the master's, specialist's, or professional level, but not more than two doctoral programs]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1932
Institutional ControlPrivate – Nonprofit
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Bennington College

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.39
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.88
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time men.3
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time women.5
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.136
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.247
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time men.2
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time women.3
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.141
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.141
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.63
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.19
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 5 years but in 6 years or less.2
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.84
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).60%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA.56.4%
Number of degree-seeking transfer students enrolled.23
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.178
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.340
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.2
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.3
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.42
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.78
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.4
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.10
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.220
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.418
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.6
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.13
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.523
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.657
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.14
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.10
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.1
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.10
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.13
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.464
Number of degree-seeking undergraduates whose race/ethnicity is unknown.11
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.523
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).96%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.44
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.13
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.42%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.91%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.62%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.31%
Average high school GPA on 4.0 scale for degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students.3.45
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.85%
Number of Bachelor's degrees awarded during previous year.88
Number of Postbachelor's certificates awarded during previous year.9
Number of Master's degrees awarded during previous year.74
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 21 or younger.81.8%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 22-24.14%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25-29.2.5%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 30-45.1.3%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 46 or older.0.3%
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).1999
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.

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