Bard College

NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
52.1%
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SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
67.6%
Retention 84.6%
Undergrads
2,414
9:1 S-F
Admissions
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52.1%
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from — apps
Overall admit rate52.1%
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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tuition not reported
Room & board$18,852
Books$950
Avg debt at graduation$28,738
Academics
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9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
84.6% retention
Student-faculty9 : 1
Retention84.6%
4-year graduation54.1%
6-year graduation67.6%
Enrollment
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2,414
undergraduates
Total undergraduates2,414
Rankings
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#24
U.S. News & World Report
Top Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#2426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#7026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#37226
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#55826
NicheBest Colleges in America#67926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions emailadmissions@bard.edu
Admissions phone845/758-7472
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Sarah Lawrence Col…
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across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Sarah Lawrence College NY · Private (nonprofit)66.0%1320—
Bennington College VT · Private (nonprofit)37.2%1410708
Hampshire College MA · Private (nonprofit)75.3%—839
Oberlin College OH · Private (nonprofit)33.0%14202K
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Wesleyan University CT · Private (nonprofit)16.5%1420—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Bard College

2 years of Bard College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.