by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Bennington College took the #53 spot. This means that the school is among the Top 5% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. Bennington received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Vermont, Bennington came in at #1.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 80.4% of the total graduate students at Bennington are women and 19.6% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 17.6% of the graduate student population at Bennington. Bennington is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.0% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $23,673 | $23,673 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Bennington, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $41,354. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 29% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Bennington College.
Contact details for Bennington are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6003 |
| Phone: | 802-442-5401 |
| Website: | https://www.bennington.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/AtBennington |
About 95.6% of the graduate students at Bennington College took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 95.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dance | 1 |
| English Literature (Other) | 40 |
| Public Policy | 2 |
Footnotes
*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.
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