You Contain Multitudes.
So Should Your Education.

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December 1

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January 15

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Design Your Education, Shape the World.

The world needs multi-talented and hybrid thinkers. Those who challenge the status quo and imagine new possibilities. That’s the Bennington Plan.

Design Your Bennington Plan

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Build your 4-year academic plan
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Connect with your faculty team
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Pursue high-profile internships every year
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Join an inclusive community on a 440-acre makerspace

Best of the Best

According to national rankings, Bennington equals excellence.

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#5

Best College Theater

Princeton Review 2025

#9

Best Classroom Experience

Princeton Review 2025

Pursue High-Profile Internships Every Year.

Real-world experience has been built into a Bennington education since the beginning. We call it Field Work Term, and it means you're guaranteed not one or two but four internships. Every year you spend six weeks working off campus. This is another reason Bennington graduates earn such high marks from employers: they are truly experienced by the time they graduate and have built a valuable resume as well as earning a degree.

November 8, 2024

Over the summer, Annika Owenmark '25 completed a Field Work Term experience at Cal Shakes as the coordinator for the youth summer conservatory.

Read Annika Owenmark's Story

November 6, 2024

Roberta Martey '25 completed a Field Work Term internship over the summer in Kyoto, Japan, where she worked as an intern on a Social Kitchen project with the Africa Diaspora Network Japan.

Read Roberta Martey's Story

October 22, 2024

Coco Rohde '26 reflected on her Field Work Term experience at Brooklyn Children’s Theatre.

Read Coco Rohde's Story

Student Experience

Find your people and engage in an inclusive, vibrant campus culture. You’ll do this from day one in the dining hall, houses, in clubs and organizations, in the library and workshops, at events and beyond.

Student Voices

Hear from current students about the Bennington Plan and what they love most about the College.

While Bennington encourages intellectual exploration, I still have space to hone in on the technical requirements for graduate school.

Shlesha Pradhan ’24
Science

The Plan is a great learning experience, because once you get out of school, you have to develop your own plan committee in life.

Sawyer London '24
Visual Arts

The voice here is very strong. And that is what I want to take: to be so passionate about my morals and what I believe in.

Alisha Bade Shrestha ’23
Literature

Connect with Your Own Faculty Team

Plan to be taken seriously and to be encouraged by your professors—stellar faculty who are shaping the fields you're interested in. Bennington's unique model of student-faculty collaboration—your own team of faculty committed to you and your ideas—is why 95% of Bennington graduates say faculty encourage them to pursue their goals, compared with 22% of graduates nationally.

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Jenny Boully

Jenny Boully is the author of seven books, most recently, Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life. Her first book, The Body: An Essay, is regarded as a canonical text in experimental essays, poetic prose, and imaginative form.

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Michael Wimberly

Michael Wimberly is an award-winning musician, composer, and sound designer who excavates and explores music of the African Diaspora and improvisation. His latest album is Afrofuturism.

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Blake Jones

Blake Jones's research integrates Endocrinology, Behavioral Ecology, Cognitive Science, Ornithology, and Conservation Biology.

Join an Inclusive Community on a 440-Acre Makerspace

Our entire campus is a gorgeous, creative incubator for all areas of study from astronomy to the
visual arts with the classrooms, studios, labs, stages, equipment, and materials you need to
create, to make, and to test your ideas.

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Bennington College's campus is unique for its mountain views, its inviting houses, its state-of-the-art facilities, and its access to nature.
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Crossett Library received a 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award.
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Bennington's Visual and Performing Arts Center, known as VAPA, houses visual arts, drama, and dance.
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Students get into the New England vibe and the sunshine on Cricket Hill's porch.

Featured News

Read about what’s happening at Bennington College by checking out our recent news. You'll learn about the College's latest achievements, interesting staff, and enriching opportunities.

Featured Events

Browse upcoming events happening on campus.

Wednesday, Nov 20

Reading by Peter Gizzi and John Yau

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tishman Lecture Hall

Friday, Nov 22

Film Screening: Dust In the Wind 恋恋风尘

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tishman Lecture Hall

Connect with Our Admissions Team

Fill out the form to connect with our admissions team and find out more about Bennington.

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Groundbreakers start here. Join them.

Bennington is a place where people come to do what has never been done before. They invented modern dance, founded abstract expressionism, and led the feminist movement. They are pioneering augmented reality, working toward cures, and standing up for the environment. There’s a reason our graduates go further, faster. It’s called the Bennington Plan.