unitid 230816 · Bennington, VT · private nonprofit 4-year · town (distant)
Bennington College
- enrollment 2023
- 948
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
45%
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
780
43rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
25%
undergrads on Pell grants
31st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
71%
finish within 150% time
76th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$87,284
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$30,947
after aid, aided students
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,289
after entry, Title IV students
14th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,000
71st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $18,480 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $75,361
- First-generation students
- 13%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $66,262
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. | 57 | $47,569 | — |
| Literature. | 31 | — | $27,000 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 29 | $20,724 | $27,000 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 19 | — | $26,445 |
| Dance. | 15 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 14 | — | — |
| Music. | 14 | — | — |
| Social Sciences, General. | 10 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 9 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 9 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 9 | — | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 8 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.