Bennington College's admit rate has fallen 22.8 percentage points across the 6 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 37.2% | 163 | 70.3% | 88.0% | 1,410 |
| 2024-2025 | 44.4% | 151 | 71.2% | 82.0% | 1,335 |
| 2023-2024 | 29.9% | 61 | 67.0% | 85.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 45.3% | 220 | 69.6% | 83.8% | 1,340 |
| 2021-2022 | 66.9% | 249 | 67.8% | 84.1% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 29.7 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Bennington College's admit rate fell from 66.9% (2021-2022) to 37.2% (2025-2026) — a 29.7 pp drop. Year-over-year: 66.9 → 45.3 → 29.9 → 44.4 → 37.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Bennington College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 34.2% admit to 75.2% admit — a 41.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 14 percentage points.
Bennington College's 70.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 14.0 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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