- The Inkwell
- New York
- Barnard College
New York, NYCity: largeZIP 10027Founded 1889
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1889
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.barnard.edu
New YorkWomen's collegePrivate nonprofit
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private nonprofit college in New York, New York, with 3,264 undergraduates. It admits 8.8% of applicants, graduates 92% within six years and costs $28,930 a year after aid.
92%graduate
Admission rate8.8%
Retention97%
4-year graduation81%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans20%
$28,930net price / year
8.8%admission rate
1520average SAT
92%graduate in 6 years
$98,280median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,000median debt
#64 of 1,704 for earnings#1,420 of 1,739 for lowest net price#51 of 1,738 for graduation rate#26 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
- $93,398tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $73,033
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $73,033
- Average net price
- $28,930national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,022
$30,001–48,000$11,372
$48,001–75,000$9,628
$75,001–110,000$26,883
$110,001+$59,926
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 8.8%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 730–770
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 740–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 32–34
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college8.8%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college97%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college92%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 92%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 81%
- First-year retention
- 97%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 95%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $67,694
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $98,280middle 50%: $67,030–$159,358
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$159,358
Median, Barnard College$98,280
Lower quarter$67,030
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
- 3,264
- Part-time
- 1.1%
- Women / men
- 100% / 0%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- 16%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $15,995 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $32,573
- Endowment, end of year
- $503,444,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White32%
Hispanic14%
Black5.5%
Asian22%
Two or more races8.0%
U.S. nonresident16%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown2.3%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences29%
Biological & biomedical sciences14%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.9%
Computer & information sciences8.2%
Psychology7.9%
English language & literature5.5%
Visual & performing arts5.5%
History4.7%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 189097. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q167733.