Public Administration & Social Service at Bennington College

What traits are you looking for in a public administration and social service school? To help you decide if Bennington College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public administration and social service program.

Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and approximately 799 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received their master's degree in public administration and social service.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Administration & Social Service section at the bottom of this page.

Bennington Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Bennington Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Bennington

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at Bennington College.

Bennington Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Program

The public administration and social service program at Bennington awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

In the public administration and social service master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bennington College with a master's in public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

If you plan to be a public administration and social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bennington College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Policy	2

Related Majors

Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration and social service can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VT, the home state for Bennington College.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
General and Operations Managers	3,530	$96,950
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,320	$35,400
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,250	$50,270
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,090	$42,620
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,060	$103,030

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jared C. Benedict. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.