Bennington, VT · Private nonprofit
44.5%
Acceptance rate
1,358
SAT Average
$31,918
Avg net price
759
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Associate’s 1Bachelor’s 176Master’s 53 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 81Master’s 14 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 32Master’s 39 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 6Master’s 0 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 2Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 2Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 2Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 2Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s 1Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
Early Decision I
Financial Aid due Nov 1
Early Action
Financial Aid due Nov 1
Regular Decision
Financial Aid due Jan 10
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,398
- Required fees
- $864
- Food and housing
- $19,108
- Books and supplies
- $2,000
- Other expenses
- $2,800
- Total
- $90,170
- $75,9502019–2019–20
- $78,7642020–2120–21
- $80,6482021–2221–22
- $82,9682022–2322–23
- $87,2842023–2423–24
- $90,1702024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $31,918 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 76%
- Average share of need met
- 92.5%
- Average need-based grant
- $67,530
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Bennington College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Bennington College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Bennington College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Bennington College admits in-state applicants at 72.2%, out-of-state applicants at 70.1%, and international applicants at 7.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
163 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jun 30. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
14.1% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
3.7% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Bennington College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 35% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 26.4% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.67
High-school class rank
Among the 26.4% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Bennington College rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Bennington College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $95,500 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $31,918 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 124 of 163 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $95,500
Averages among the 124 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Bennington College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Bennington College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
85% of Bennington College’s first-years return for a second year and 66.7% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03