Enrollment Trends at Bennington

The student population at Bennington College is 927 (797 undergraduate and 130 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 126 (15.73%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bennington is 85.98% which is increased by 93 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 33 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
132 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 55.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 845 where 927 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 927 students in 2025 and was lowest at 799 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 801 to 927 students, a net gain of 126 (15.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bennington College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	801	704	249	455	97	33	64
2016-17	805 4	711 7	253 4	458 3	94 -3	35 2	59 -5
2017-18	851 46	775 64	274 21	501 43	76 -18	24 -11	52 -7
2018-19	811 -40	735 -40	263 -11	472 -29	76	22 -2	54 2
2019-20	826 15	729 -6	253 -10	476 4	97 21	25 3	72 18
2020-21	799 -27	697 -32	238 -15	459 -17	102 5	20 -5	82 10
2021-22	884 85	771 74	274 36	497 38	113 11	23 3	90 8
2022-23	880 -4	777 6	258 -16	519 22	103 -10	19 -4	84 -6
2023-24	867 -13	776 -1	249 -9	527 8	91 -12	21 2	70 -14
2024-25	927 60	797 21	214 -35	583 56	130 39	33 12	97 27
Average	845	747	253	495	98	26	72

Bennington College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 747 where 797 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bennington College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	704	680	235	445	24	14	10
2016-17	711	682	226	456	29	27	2
2017-18	775	724	240	484	51	34	17
2018-19	735	704	235	469	31	28	3
2019-20	729	686	226	460	43	27	16
2020-21	697	606	197	409	91	41	50
2021-22	771	699	231	468	72	43	29
2022-23	777	712	218	494	65	40	25
2023-24	776	728	209	519	48	40	8
2024-25	797	765	188	577	32	26	6
Average	747	747	221	478	747	32	17

Bennington College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 98 where 130 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bennington College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	97	96	33	63	1	0	1
2016-17	94	94	35	59	0	0	0
2017-18	76	76	24	52	0	0	0
2018-19	76	76	22	54	0	0	0
2019-20	97	97	25	72	0	0	0
2020-21	102	102	20	82	0	0	0
2021-22	113	113	23	90	0	0	0
2022-23	103	103	19	84	0	0	0
2023-24	91	91	21	70	0	0	0
2024-25	130	109	27	82	21	6	15
Average	98	98	25	71	98	1	2

Bennington College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.08%. The percentage was 65.92% 10 years ago and Bennington still has a high percentage of white students. 2.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.92% to 64.08%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.12% to 2.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.62% to 4.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.74% to 7.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5776 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5589 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bennington College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	10	25	13	46	1	528	35
2016-17	9	20	21	69	0	492	36
2017-18	3	19	32	78	1	491	34
2018-19	1	14	31	75	1	490	26
2019-20	2	12	27	80	1	493	28
2020-21	1	13	26	85	1	487	25
2021-22	4	21	26	93	0	534	35
2022-23	5	14	25	84	0	557	37
2023-24	3	16	30	87	0	550	42
2024-25	3	21	40	74	0	594	51
Average	4	18	27	77	1	522	35

Bennington College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

132 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bennington College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	801	85	0	716
2016-17	805	79	0	726
2017-18	851	0	73	778
2018-19	811	0	72	739
2019-20	826	0	89	737
2020-21	799	194	556	49
2021-22	884	151	20	713
2022-23	880	107	173	600
2023-24	867	90	89	688
2024-25	927	132	62	733
Average	845	84	113	648

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Enrollment Trends at Bennington

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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