Admission

Bard Student Profile

Entering Class, Fall 2009

Incoming Students
  • First-Year Students: 512
  • Applications Received: 5510
  • Admitted: 28%
  • Matriculated: 34%
  • Active Waitlist: 235
  • Admitted from Waitlist:14%
  • Male: 46%
  • Female: 54%
  • Public School: 64%
  • Private School: 36%
  • Home schooled (partial or complete): <1%
Early Action 
  • Applicants: 702
  • Admitted: 60%
  • Matriculated: 36%
Transfer Students:
  • Applicants: 217
  • Admitted: 39%
  • Matriculated: 85
Rank in Class
  • 41% reporting
  • Top 10%: 54%
  • Top 25%: 95%
  • Top 50%: 99.9%
Average GPA
  • 75% > 3.5
SATs/ACT
  • SAT: 52% reported scores
  • Median scores: critical reading 680; math:650
  • Mid 50% range: critical reading 640-740; math 590-690
  • ACT:  23% reported scores
  • Median: 30
  • Mid 50%: 29-31
Ethnic Diversity
  • Hisp/Latino: 5%
  • African American/Black: 5%
  • Asian/Pacific Islander: 13%
  • Native American/Alaskan Native: 1%
  • Mixed: 3%
  • Other/unknown: 22%
  • White/non Hispanic: 51%
  • International: 16%
  • Dual Citizen/Perm Resident: 10%
Geographic Distribution
  • 36 states + 40 Countries
  • New England: 16%
  • New York: 28%
  • Mid-Atlantic: 11%
  • South/Southeast: 7%
  • Southwest: 2%
  • Mid-West: 6%
  • West Coast: 14%
  • International:16%
Financial Aid
  • 62% received financial assistance
  • 53% received Bard institutional aid
  • Average aid package: $28,345
  • Total Bard aid awarded: $28,000,000
  • Total aid awarded: $39,000,000
Special Scholarships
  • Excellence and Equal Cost: 18
  • Distinguished Scientist Scholarship: 21
  • Levy Economics: 9
  • New Immigrant: 8
  • Bard Opportunity Programs: 36
Academic Facts
  • 2008 Academic Year: 1203 classes
  • 19% Tutorials
  • Class Size:
    2-10 students: 21 %
    10-20 students: 45 %
    20-25 students: 10 %
    30+ students: 5%
  • First to Second Year Retention: 89%
  • 6 Year Graduation Rate: 79%
Faculty
  • Total Number: 253
  • FTE: 195
  • Minority: 17%
  • Women: 45% Men: 55%
  • Terminal Degree: 97%
Fees
  • Tuition: $39,080
  • Room & Board: $11,300
  • Fees: $1030
  • Total: $51,270
  • Additional Fees for First-Year Students (L&T): $660
  • Total First-Year: $52,070
Endowment
  • $204,000,000
*Countries include: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Viet Nam
Bard College Office of Admission
PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
GPS: 51 Ravine Rd., Red Hook, New York 12571

845-758-7472
845-758-5208 (fax)
admission@bard.edu
Friday, November 20, 2009 7:51:31 pm EST
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