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For students who have enrolled in an AP curriculum, starting with the Fall 2023 cohort Bennington may grant credit for exam scores of 4 or 5. Four credits are granted per exam. Students who began prior to Fall 2023 were granted credit for exam scores of 5.

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Speech Communication and Rhetoric

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Journalism

Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

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Recording Arts Technology/Technician

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Education, General

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Development Economics and International Development

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Geography

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Bennington College is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian college located in Bennington, Vermont. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). At Bennington, learning and making are inseparable. The faculty are committed not just intellectually, but also as leading practitioners in their field. Students develop ideas in the classroom, and then test those ideas where it counts-through hands-on work in the world. The result is a learning experience free of artificial barriers where students imagine, shape, and pursue their best work. Through a genuinely distinctive education, Bennington cultivates a mindset for change, a capacity to break new ground, and the conditions for progress.

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