Student Population at Bennington

Total Enrollment

880

Undergraduate

777

Graduate

103

Online Enrollment

107

Men Students

277

Women Students

603

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 880 students have enrolled at Bennington College - 777 undergraduate and 103 graduate.

By gender, 277 male and 603 female students are attending Bennington College. By attendance status, there are 815 full-time students and 65 part-time students.

The number of students at Bennington College is relatively small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Vermont.

Bennington College offers online degree/certificate programs and 107 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Bennington College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 277 male and 603 female students attending Bennington. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.46 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Bennington.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Bennington
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	777	712	65
Men	258	218	40
Women	519	494	25

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Bennington
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	103	103	65
Men	19	19	40
Women	84	84	25

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 557 White students (63.30%) and 84 Hispanic students (9.55%) at Bennington College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Bennington College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Bennington College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	4	1
Asian	7	0	7
Black or African American	22	10	12
Hispanic	77	21	56
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	488	154	334
Two or More Races	34	6	28
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	27	10	17
Total	777	258	519

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Bennington College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	7	0	7
Black or African American	3	1	2
Hispanic	7	3	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	69	12	57
Two or More Races	3	0	3
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	11	3	8
Total	103	19	84

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 745 students whose age under twenty five and 120 students whose age is over thirty years old at Bennington College.

Especially, 45 students are younger than eighteen and 7 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Bennington College.

Population by Student Age at Bennington College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	777	258	519
Under 18	45	16	29
18-19	350	93	257
20-21	266	90	176
22-24	80	34	46
25-29	4	1	3
30-34	2	1	1
35-39	9	6	3
40-49	8	6	2
50-64	11	9	2
65 and over	2	2	0
Total	777	258	519

Population by Student Age at Bennington College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	103	19	84
22-24	4	0	4
25-29	11	3	8
30-34	20	2	18
35-39	21	7	14
40-49	22	5	17
50-64	20	2	18
65 and over	5	0	5
Total	103	19	84

Online Student Population

At Bennington College, 280 students (31.82% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 107 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2 students live in Vermont where Bennington College is located in and 98 students have enrolled from other states.