Bard College
Bard College admitted 52% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1270–1450 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $27,126 a year. Within six years, 69% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 52%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1270–1450
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $88,238 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $27,126 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $15,618 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $69,672 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 69%
- Students who return for a second year
- 85%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $54,555 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,414
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 23%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- Rural
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
- 26%
- Visual and performing arts
- 24%
- Social sciences
- 22%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 15%
- English language and literature
- 13%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Emerson College MA · 51% admitted
- St. John's College NM · 53% admitted
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA · 55% admitted
- St. John's College MD · 55% admitted
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- Purdue University-Main Campus IN · 50% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.