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Bard College
, Annandale-on-hudson, 12504 -500 -  View Map
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    Since its inception almost 150 years ago, Bard College has maintained a fervent commitment to liberal arts and sciences education. It has done so by establishing a challenging academic program and fostering the interchange of ideas between a faculty of the highest caliber and an exemplary student body. This interaction is at the heart of classical education and serves as the cornerstone of a democratic civilization.
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School Overview:
  Bard College
Title IV Eligible Yes
Carnegie Classification Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level 4 or more years
Institution Control Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,795 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 69 students
Full-Time Graduate 216 students
Part-Time Graduate 29 students
Total Enrollment 2,109 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 1,229 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 51 %
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 15 %
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $3,650
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 10%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $2,718
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 42%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $18,545
% Students Receiving Loans 36%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $4,909
School Notes:
  • Founded in 1860, Bard is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences, offering the bachelor of arts degree with concentrations in more than 40 academic programs in four divisions: Arts, Languages and Literature, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Studies.
  • As a residential college, Bard provides an exquisite campus setting in which students pursue their academic interests and craft a rich social life. The fusion of two historic estates, Bard's park-like campus covers more than 500 acres of fields and forested land bordering the Hudson River.
  • The liberal arts and progressive curricular traditions coexist in the Bard education, uniting the goals of both the generalist and the specialist in a program of study that has made Bard a place of innovation in higher education and a force for the rebirth of intellectual thought in public life.
  • Bard offers the following graduate degrees: master of arts in curatorial studies; master of arts and doctor of philosophy in the history of the decorative arts, design, and culture; master of fine arts; master of fine arts in conducting; master of fine arts in photography; master of arts in teaching; and master of science in environmental policy. It also offers two dual degrees, a master of science and master of arts in conjunction with the Garden History and Landscape Studies Program of The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. Design, and Culture; and a master of science and doctor of laws in conjunction with Pace University Law School.
  • Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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