Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 135 students out of 195 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Bennington College. By gender, 44 male and 91 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (67.46% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total19513569.23%
Men594474.58%
Women1369166.91%
Bennington College graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 100.00%, rate of Asian students is 50.00%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 100.00%, rate of Hispanic students is 68.18%, rate of White students is 66.07%, rate of Two or More Race students is 50.00%, and rate of Unknown students is 75.00% at Bennington College.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native100.00%(1/1) - 100.00%(1/1)
Asian50.00%(1/2) 100.00%(1/1) -
Black (Non-Hispanic)100.00%(8/8) 100.00%(2/2) 100.00%(6/6)
Hispanic68.18%(15/22) 83.33%(5/6) 62.50%(10/16)
White66.07%(74/112) 69.44%(25/36) 64.47%(49/76)
Two or More Race50.00%(4/8) 100.00%(2/2) 33.33%(2/6)
Unknown75.00%(6/8) 33.33%(1/3) 100.00%(5/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Bennington College graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 123 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 7 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 128 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At Bennington, the transfer-out rate is 19.49%. Its transfer-out rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (17.60% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Bennington College, the retention rate is 84% for full-time students and 38 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (80.87% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Retention Rates at Bennington College

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Bennington College, 26 of 34 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 76.47%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

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