July 25, 2017

The guide cited Bennington’s pragmatic approach to learning, its graduate-level academic structure, and the College’s annual Field Work Term as a few of its distinguishing features.

“Bennington’s focus is to make learning and making in separable. Undergraduates experience a graduate-level 1-on-1 academic advising complete with an advisory committee to guide their years at the college. Undergraduates are also required to participate in an annual internship every winter. This assists with getting real-world experience before graduation. This makes Bennington a community of active makers and shakers in their fields with many of the subject matter experts winning multiple awards their expertise.”

Bennington joined Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, St. Michael’s College, and Norwich University in the top five.