Bennington College

One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6001
Tel: 800-833-6845
Private, non-profit | 808 students
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A coeducational liberal arts college, Bennington is grounded in the conviction that as a college education develops students’ professional capacities, it should also prepare them to be deeply thoughtful and actively engaged citizens of the world. A Bennington education is characterized by:
  • cross-disciplinary learning;
  • the close working relationship between student and teacher;
  • the self-direction of its academic planning process; and
  • the connection to the world through its winter internship term.

    • School Overview:
    Bennington College
    County Bennington County, VT
    Title IV Eligible Yes
    Carnegie Classification Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
    Institution Level 4 or more years
    Institution Control Private, non-profit
    Full-Time Undergraduate    		 660 students
    Part-Time Undergraduate    		 4 students
    Full-Time Graduate    		 127 students
    Part-Time Graduate    		 17 students
     
    Total Enrollment 808 students
    Total Dormitory Capacity 625 students
    Tuition $40,280
    Tuition Notes 2010-11
    % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 80%

    School Notes:

    • The curriculum at Bennington is shaped by the diverse range of the faculty's experience and expertise, including all of the traditional liberal arts disciplines and the visual and performing arts. A student progresses through Bennington by integrating different areas of the curriculum around central ideas or questions, newly discovered and ongoing. This method of integration is called the Plan Process and is the heart of a Bennington education.
    • The principle of learning by practice underlies every major feature of a Bennington education: the master-apprentice model of teaching and learning; the requirement that students direct the course of their own education; the winter Field Work Term, which gives students work experience and connects them to the greater community. The College's commitment to learning across the disciplines extends to the faculty, who teach what is uppermost in their minds, exploring new pursuits as well as ongoing areas of study and work.
    • Throughout the Bennington College community, you'll find the same elements that give life to the Bennington education: curiosity, openness, respect, a sense of excitement and play, a measure of both awe and irreverence. That may be because at Bennington, the two--learning and living--are naturally intertwined.
    • Bennington, Vermont, is located in the southwestern corner of the state, just 160 miles from New York City, 150 miles from Boston, and 40 miles from Albany, New York. The campus is nestled on 470 rolling acres at the foot of the Green Mountains.

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