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Please note that the filing deadlines below also apply to Early Action, Immediate Decision, Bard Entrance Examination, and Early Decision candidates. Financial aid funds are limited; not every student who demonstrates financial need can be granted aid. Students who apply by the deadline receive first consideration for awards; late applications are considered in the order of receipt until all funds are committed.

Important Dates

October Financial aid applications are available for the next academic year.
November 1 Deadline for financial aid forms for first-year international students who apply as an early applicant.
Deadline for financial aid forms for IDP applicants to receive early notification of the financial aid estimate.
Deadline for financial aid forms for all spring transfers (international and non-international).
December 1 Deadline for financial aid forms for non-international first-year students who apply as an early applicant.  Early Decision applicants must file the FAFSA and the CSS Profile by this date. Bard Entrance Examination, or Early Action applicants may file by this date to receive an early notification of the financial aid estimate.
Mid December Financial aid awards begin being released electronically for all first-year students (international and non-international) who apply as an early applicant, as well as for Spring transfer students.
January Returning students: File the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms. If you do not receive the instructions by early March, contact the Financial Aid Office to obtain them.
January 1 Deadline for financial aid form for international first-year students who apply regular decision.
February 1 Deadline for financial aid forms for non-international first-year students who apply regular decision. This includes the CSS Profile (if applying for institutional scholarship) and FAFSA for fall entrance. 
March 1 Deadline for applications for Fall Transfer applicants, including applicants to the Return to College Program. (International and non-international.)
Mid-March  Financial aid awards begin being released electronically for all first-year students (international and non-international) who apply regular decision.
March 31  Deadline for returning students to file CSS Profile and FAFSA for the next aid year. (If you are unsure which forms you need to file, please contact the Office of Financial Aid.)
April 15  Deadline for submission of forms for returning international students.
Early May  Award information made available electronically to all returning students with completed and processed forms.
May 1  Deadline for accepted students to respond to Admission and Financial Aid offices.
Mid-Late May  Deadline for returning students to respond to Financial Aid Office for aid to be processed in a timely manner.
Late May  Filing period for Federal Stafford Loan and PLUS Loan.

Contact Bard Financial Aid

Bard College
Office of Financial Aid

PO Box 5000 
(30 Campus Road)
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
Location: Physical Plant, Rm 108
Phone: 845-758-7526 or 845-758-7525 
Fax: 845-758-7336
E-mail Undergraduate: [email protected] 
E-mail Graduate: [email protected]

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30 Campus Road
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
Admission E-mail: [email protected]
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