Bennington College Computer Science Programs

Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Bennington, Vermont. Bennington is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Bennington College?

Contact details for Bennington are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201-6003
Phone:	802-442-5401
Website:	www.bennington.edu

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How Do I Get Into Bennington?

You can apply to Bennington online at: https://myfinancialaid.bennington.edu/NetPartnerStudent/Logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fNetPartnerStudent%2fDefault.aspx

Admission Requirements for Bennington

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bennington?

Bennington has a fairly low acceptance rate of 45%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 26% of accepted students are men and 74% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 33%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to Bennington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 700. Math scores were between 600 and 670.

Bennington received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 29 and 33.

Can I Afford Bennington College?

The overall average net price of Bennington is $43,276. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bennington, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $7,386 a year. That adds up to $29,544 over four years for those students.

Bennington College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 771 undergraduate students at Bennington, with 699 being full-time and 72 being part-time.

There are also 113 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 699 full-time undergraduates at Bennington, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bennington College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	426
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Geographic Diversity

Vermont students aren't the only ones who study at Bennington College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Bennington. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Online Learning at Bennington College

In 2022-2023, 280 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bennington has changed over the last few years.

Bennington College Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	12	12
General Computer & Information Sciences	0	0
Computer Graphics	0	0
TOTAL	12	12

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jared C. Benedict. under License

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