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Bennett College Data & Information Overview

45% Acceptance Rate
Find out more about how Bennett College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. If you’re interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

How Well Is Bennett College Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Bennett was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Bennett?

45% Acceptance Rate
100% Of Accepted Are Women
13% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Bennett College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 45%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

About 13% of students accepted to Bennett submitted their SAT scores.Bennett received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students.

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Bennett College Faculty

6 to 1 Student to Faculty
44% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Bennett it is much better at 6 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Bennett College is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  44 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Bennett College

92% Freshmen Retention
18% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Bennett College has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  92 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Bennett is 18%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  18 out of 100
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100

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Bennett College Undergraduate Student Diversity

212 Full-Time Undergraduates
80.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
100.0% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 232 undergraduates at Bennett with 212 being full-time and 20 being part-time.

How Much Does Bennett College Cost?

$20,876 Net Price
88% Take Out Loans
$23,044 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Bennett is $20,876. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bennett, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bennett, approximately 88% of students took out student loans averaging $5,761 a year. That adds up to $23,044 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Bennett Graduates Make?

$36,654 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Bennett make around $36,654 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 26% less that the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Bennett College make the most money.

Location of Bennett College

North Carolina State
212 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Bennett College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for Bennett are given below.

Contact Details
Address:900 E Washington St, Greensboro, NC 27401-3239
Phone:336-517-2100
Website:https://www.bennett.edu/

Bennett College Majors

14 Majors With Completions
110 Undergraduate Degrees
110 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 14 majors graduated from Bennett College. Of these students, 110 received undergraduate degrees and 110 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
General Biology12NA
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies10NA
Journalism9NA
Business Administration & Management5NA
General Psychology5NA
Social Work5NA
Political Science & Government4NA
General English Literature2NA
Mathematics1NA
Chemistry1NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Bennett College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Bennett

69% Take At Least One Class Online
1% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2022-2023, 116 students took at least one online class at Bennett College. This is a decrease from the 184 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20231162
2021-202218446
2020-2021232232
2018-2019400

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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