The main focus area for this major is General Dance. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dance is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Bennington College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in dance, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Bennington was ranked #145 on College Factual's Best Schools for dance list. It is also ranked #2 in Vermont.
Here are some of the other rankings for Bennington.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Bennington was $2,390 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $57,350 | $57,350 |
Fees | $774 | $774 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,840 | $16,840 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,800 | $2,800 |
Learn more about Bennington tuition and fees.
Bennington does not offer an online option for its dance bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Bennington Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in dance in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Around 12.5% of dance bachelor’s degree recipients at Bennington in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Dance students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Dance | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dance.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Visual & Performing Arts | 44 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 28 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 9 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 4 |
Music | 19 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.