Bard College
- 4 Year
- ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY
CollegeGrad School
Bard College
- 4 Year
- ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY
- Rating 3.63 out of 5 686 reviews
Report Card
- Academicsgrade A minus
- Valuegrade C
- Diversitygrade A+
- Campusgrade C minus
- Athleticsgrade C
- Party Scenegrade C+
- Professorsgrade A minus
- Locationgrade B minus
- Dormsgrade C minus
- Campus Foodgrade C
- Student Lifegrade C+
- Safetygrade B
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About
Athletic Division
NCAA Division III (without football)
Athletic Conference
Liberty League
Branch Campuses
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Bard College Rankings
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Bard Admissions
Acceptance Rate
60%
Application Deadline
January 1
SAT Range
No data available
ACT Range
No data available
Application Fee
$0
SAT/ACT
Neither required nor recommended
High School GPA
Recommended
Early Decision/Early Action
No data available
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Cost
Net Price
$24,318 / year
National
$15,523Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Average Total Aid Awarded
$50,598 / year
National
$7,535Students Receiving Financial Aid
81%
Scholarship
Academics
Professors
grade A minus
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
8:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
88%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes. 49 responses56%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want. 80 responses57%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage. 80 responsesMajors
Most Popular Majors
- Social Science Research Methods142 Graduates
- Liberal Arts and Humanities127 Graduates
- Studio Arts110 Graduates
- English85 Graduates
- Natural Sciences81 Graduates
- Music Performance19 Graduates
- Accounting0 Graduates
Students
Full-Time Enrollment
1,982 Undergrads
Part-Time Undergrads
189
Undergrads Over 25
18%
Pell Grant
26%
Varsity Athletes
10%
Campus Life
Freshmen Live On-Campus
88%
Poll
93%
of students say they don't have Greek life. 61 responsesPoll
54%
of students say no one pays attention to varsity sports. 89 responsesAfter College
Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$39,700 / year
National
$33,028Graduation Rate
71%
National
49%Employed 2 Years After Graduation
88%
National
83%57%
of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation. 23 responsesSimilar Colleges
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Bard College Reviews
Rating 3.63 out of 5 686 reviews
Ah, Bard College. Starting off with some gratitude, the faculty here are amazing. Classes were engaging and I learned a lot from the history courses I took. I love all of the friends I've made at Bard with my whole heart. Disability services are fantastic- shoutout to Erin Brasselman! There are also many opportunities for students to see wonderful free performances and lectures on campus. However, living on a small campus with the same people in unsanitary dorms on terrible dining hall food made me feel like I wasn't a real person. During my freshman year, I can say that most of the people I knew weren't happy. It really tripped me out to live within a community comprised of only people my age, with little to no local outreach. I think the food probably broke the experience the most for me, but I think I might be more sensitive to poor quality dining hall food than most people. I was vegetarian during my freshman year at Bard and I ended up losing 10 pounds due to lack of options.
My experience at Bard, so far, has been wonderful! Bard takes a unique learning approach for first years. We get to campus 3 weeks before all other students to do a Language and Thinking work shop. These three weeks together allow first years to really bond.
If I could see something change, on top of these wonderful required courses like Seminar, Citizen Science, and L&T; I would love to see a mandatory financial literacy course for first years on campus. It would set Bard farther apart from other liberal arts colleges and also give much education to my current majority finically illiterate generation.
Over all I have had a wonderful experience at Bard, have made so many friends and have had so many opportunities in just a few months. Never a dull moment at Bard and there is always some club, band, concert, or event to attend on campus!
If I could see something change, on top of these wonderful required courses like Seminar, Citizen Science, and L&T; I would love to see a mandatory financial literacy course for first years on campus. It would set Bard farther apart from other liberal arts colleges and also give much education to my current majority finically illiterate generation.
Over all I have had a wonderful experience at Bard, have made so many friends and have had so many opportunities in just a few months. Never a dull moment at Bard and there is always some club, band, concert, or event to attend on campus!
During my freshman semester I encountered the richest meanest people with absolutely no moral compass. These students came here to chain-smoke and pretend to be artists until they eventually live off a trust fund. Bard counseling services is actively unhelpful. There is a massive housing shortage on campus and many students are assigned trailers or dorms with intense mold problems. The dining hall is disgusting and unsanitary. Party scene is really terrible. There is really no sense of community and the campus center is foreboding. The transportation services across the Hudson are non-existent. Also, Freshman students are required to spend 3 weeks in the summer and 3 weeks in the winter at boring on campus programs that create an intense feeling of burnout during finals and foster isolation from family.