Bennington College Ranking Badges

Bennington earned 12 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 6 in the top 5%, 1 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 34 in Most Focused for Literature, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 12 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 6
Highest placement: #1 of 34, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 2
Placements this edition: 74
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has Bennington College Earned?

Bennington College holds 12 ranking badges across 2 fields of study, 8 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. We update our rankings throughout the year as new data becomes available. These badges come from the 2026 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. If you are an administrator interested in using our badge program to showcase your college’s strengths, please contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	2
Top 5%	6
Top 10%	1
Top 15%	3
Total	12

What Is Bennington College Known For?

Bennington College is best known for English Language & Literature: 5 of its 12 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Literature, Other English Literature and Dance.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Location Diversity			✓
Location Diversity (New England)	✓

English Language & Literature

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 1%
Literature
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused			✓
Other English Literature
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused			✓
Writing Studies
Most Focused		✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Dance
Most Popular			✓
Most Focused			✓
Drama & Theater Arts
Most Focused			✓
General Visual & Performing Arts
Most Focused			✓
Music
Most Focused			✓

How Does Bennington College Rank for Veterans?

Bennington College earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #9 of 10 in Top Ranked Veterans for Other English Literature.

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Notes and References

The rankings above are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. Bennington College appears in 74 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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