| Name |
Bennington College |
| Address |
1 College Drive
Bennington, VT 05201 |
| Website |
http://www.bennington.edu |
| Email |
admissions@bennington.edu |
| Percent Undergrad College Owned |
98% |
| Percent Fraternity |
0% |
| Percent Sorority |
0% |
| Percent Campus Weekends |
85% |
| Offer Housing |
Yes |
| Percent Students College Housing |
98% |
| Campus Housing |
Yes |
| Off Campus Assistance |
Yes |
| Types Available |
coed dorms (96%), special housing for disabled students (0%), cooperative housing (3%), other housing options (1%) |
| College Owned Singles |
60% |
| College Owned Doubles |
40% |
| College Owned Triples |
0% |
| College Owned Apartments |
0% |
| College Owned Other |
0% |
| Num College Owned |
20 |
| Sprinkler System |
100% |
| Fire Alarms |
100% |
| High Speed Internet |
100% |
| Campus Size |
470 acres |
| Percent Weekends |
85% |
| Nearest Airport |
Albany, NY (42) |
| Nearest Train |
Albany, NY (42) |
| Nearest Bus |
Bennington, VT (5) |
| Public Transport |
No |
| Cars Permitted |
Yes |
| Percent Cars |
49% |
| School Employment |
Yes |
| Percent Undergrads Employed |
25% |
| Average Undergrad Earnings |
2,037 |
| Freshmen Discouraged Working |
No |
| Army Rotc |
Not offered |
| Navy Rotc |
Not offered |
| Airforce Rotc |
Not offered |
| Alcohol Permitted |
Yes |
| Additional Policies |
class attendance mandatory |
| Popular Events |
The Bennington campus is a lively place - day or night, weekday or weekend. Although it's easy to get to nearby cities (Boston & New York City), most students stick around campus on the weekends. To keep them busy, the Campus Activity Board (CAB - a student organization) plans a full schedule of events ranging from school-sponsored theme parties to the newest indie band playing in the Downstairs Cafe. Throughout the course of the academic year, students can expect to see numerous dance, drama, and music performances by their fellow classmates and teachers, weekly lectures in the social sciences and arts, film screenings in the on-campus movie theatre, midnight movies (when the College rents the local theatre), Sunfest (an outdoor music festival), Battle of the Bands, Rollerama, Pigstock (school-wide barbeque - vegan ribs included), Fashion Show (student designers), acoustic night, open mics, Bowlerama (when the College rents the local bowling alley), and Midnight Breakfast (an end of the term surprise). It's hard to find time to do it all!; |
| Student Activities |
choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook |
| Num Organizations |
30 |
| Honor Societies |
N/A |
| Religious Organizations |
N/A |
| International Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Legal Aliens is an organized community of international students at Bennington College. The group is dedicated to the promotion and celebration of cultural awareness and diversity on campus and has served as a channel for students to represent themselves in the wider community. Each year Legal Aliens hosts a Multi-Cultural show. From Turkish songs to African dances to Bollywood dances to Romanian jokes, the show has provided an opportunity for international students to collaborate with the rest of the campus community and share their cultural variety. In addition to the Multi-Cultural show, Legal Aliens has brought a number of internationally acclaimed performing artists to campus. Among the long list of distinguished performers are tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh (who features regularly with artists such as Ravi Shankar); Tehreema Mitha, an Indian Classical Dancer; tabla maestro Anindo Chatterjee; sarangi maestro Ramesh Mishra; Humayun Khan, an Afghan vocalist and student of the legendary sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan; Alif Laila, a sitar player from Bangladesh; and world reknowned bansuri (Indian flute) player, Steve Gorn, who was featured on John MacDowell's award winning soundtrack for "Born into Brothels", 2005's academy award winning documentary. |
| Other Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Amnesty International, Legal Aliens, Student Endowment for the Arts, Open Critique Night, Outing Club, Student Action Network, Literature Gathering, Queer Student Union, Community Garden, Social Science Colloquium, Campus Activities Board, SugarBush, Film Society, Radio Station, Drama Collective, SILO Literacy Magazine, Student Council |
| Student Papers |
(Appears as submitted by school) Bennington Free Press |
| Num Frats |
0 |
| Frats Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Frat Members |
0% |
| Num Sororities |
0 |
| Sororities Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Sorority Members |
0% |
| Type |
Private institution |
| Year Founded |
1925 |
| Religious Affiliation |
None |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester |
| Undergrad Body |
612 |
| Setting |
Rural |
| Endowment |
11,778,651 |
| Application Deadline |
January 3 |
| Application Fee |
60 |
| Selectivity |
More selective |
| Tuition |
35,250 |
| Room Board |
8,730 |
| Basic |
nonremedial tutoring, day care, health service, health insurance |
| Remedial |
N/A |
| Counseling |
career, personal, academic, psychological |
| Career |
co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training |
| Job Six Months |
N/A |
| Job One Year |
N/A |
| Job Two Years |
N/A |
| Firms |
N/A |
| Library |
Yes |
| Library Consortia |
Yes |
| Num Books |
113,125 |
| Num Subscriptions |
8,682 |
| Num Microforms |
26,020 |
| Num Audiovisual |
19,838 |
| Num Ebooks |
31,555 |
| Library Facilities |
Jennings Music Library contains scores, librettos, recordings; Bennington College archives contains various archival material; Dance archives contains performance archives; photography collection--teaching portfolios of original photos by prominant photographers (Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz) |
| Museums |
Center for Languages and Cultures, Center for Creative Teaching, science center, early childhood center; computer center and media labs, digital arts lab, art gallery; architecture, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture studios, ceramics studio and kilns, color and black-and-white photography darkrooms, film and video editing studio, several fully equipped professional theatres, scripts library, dance studios and archives, electronic music and sound recording studios, music practice rooms and music library, radio station, student run cafe; fitness center; observatory; greenhouse, and 470 acres of forest, ponds, wetlands, fields for biological study. |
| Computer Course |
No |
| Own Computer |
No |
| Computers Available |
75 |
| Email Accounts |
Yes |
| Internet Access |
Yes |
| Computers Available In |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Num Wired Library |
10 |
| Num Wired Classrooms |
30 |
| Num Wired Labs |
6 |
| Num Wired Other |
12 |
| Wireless Network |
Yes |
| Wireless Areas |
in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing |
| Wireless Capacity |
250 |
| Recommended Os |
N/A |
| Hosting Units |
100% |
| Student Webpages |
Yes |
| Online Registration |
No |
| Campus Safety |
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks |
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