- The Inkwell
- New York
- Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NYRural: fringeZIP 12504Founded 1860
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1860
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 15
- Website
- www.bard.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Bard College
Bard College is a private nonprofit college in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, with 2,414 undergraduates. It admits 52% of applicants, graduates 69% within six years and costs $27,126 a year after aid.
69%graduate
Admission rate52%
Retention85%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share23%
Federal loans35%
$27,126net price / year
52%admission rate
1380average SAT
69%graduate in 6 years
$54,555median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,500median debt
#1,045 of 1,704 for earnings#1,350 of 1,739 for lowest net price#396 of 1,738 for graduation rate#264 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $88,238tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $69,672
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $69,672
- Average net price
- $27,126national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,618
$30,001–48,000$19,544
$48,001–75,000$18,767
$75,001–110,000$27,924
$110,001+$40,161
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 52%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1380
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 650–750
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 620–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 28–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college52%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college69%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college23%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 69%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 73%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,557
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,555middle 50%: $29,642–$83,632
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$83,632
Median, Bard College$54,555
Lower quarter$29,642
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,414
- Part-time
- 8.7%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 19.8
- First-generation students
- 12%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 74%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,589 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $42,373
- Endowment, end of year
- $167,819,284
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White45%
Hispanic14%
Black13%
Asian2.7%
Two or more races6.8%
U.S. nonresident14%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown4.4%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities26%
Visual & performing arts24%
Social sciences22%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies15%
English language & literature13%
keep comparing
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|---|---|---|---|
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN | $26,748 | 71% | $79,644 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 189088. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q49109.