Bachelor in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Bachelor's)

At Bennington College, tuition is Tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year is $61,000..

This programme is designed for students who want to study languages through cultural and creative practice. Students develop language skills by engaging with texts, art, performance, and research. The curriculum emphasizes critical analysis and expression through writing, storytelling, and multimedia projects. Learning is integrated with field experiences and interdisciplinary work.

Focus areas include cultural studies, language pedagogy, creative writing, translation, performance, research.

Students design their own study plan with faculty guidance. The programme includes coursework, Field Work Term experiences, and independent projects, with no fixed credit total specified.

Graduates enter roles in arts administration, environmental entrepreneurship, cultural mediation, curriculum design, education, language teaching, research, theater, and dance.

Applicants must submit a personal statement, academic transcripts, and letters of recommendation. No specific GPA or test scores are required. The college accepts transfer students and those with non-traditional backgrounds.

On-campus, full-time, with a typical duration of four years. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 48% of applicants.

Bennington organizes learning around student-designed plans and close faculty collaboration. Students build a four-year academic program, connect with a faculty team, and pursue interests across areas of study rather than following a narrowly prescribed path. The College's academic strengths include the visual and performing arts, experimental writing, music, biology, cognitive science, astronomy, conservation biology, and psychology. Faculty work includes research on endocrinology, behavioral ecology, ornithology, and conservation biology, alongside creative work in books, music, composition, sound design, drama, dance, and visual art.

Practical experience has been part of a Bennington education since the beginning through Field Work Term. Students complete four internships, spending six weeks each year working off campus. Recent placements have included a theatre production, a press evaluating poetry submissions, and the New York Supreme Court. This arrangement gives students recurring opportunities to connect academic interests with work beyond campus while building experience before graduation.

The College sits on a 440-acre campus in Bennington, Vermont, with mountain views, houses, classrooms, studios, laboratories, stages, workshops, and access to nature. The Visual and Performing Arts Center houses visual arts, drama, and dance. Students join clubs, organizations, events, dining spaces, the library, and workshops within an inclusive community. International students should note the dedicated International Student Orientation and the option to bring up to 32 credits as a first-year student or 64 as a transfer student.