Tuition All students are billed as full-time tuition (10-20 credits). Students registering for more than 20 credits will be charged a fee of $1,962 for each additional credit.
Students registering for 9 credits or less are considered part-time, and are charged at a per credit fee of $1,962. To update your registration status from full-time to part-time, it must be approved by various departments via a Part-Time Request Form and submitted to both the Office of the Registrar and the Office of Student Accounts prior to drop/add.
Room and Board All resident students are charged Room and Board and are required to take the meal plan. All regular semester meal plans, which are included in the Board charge, are the same cost.
Campus Facilities Fee The campus facilities fee, which provides access to the campus facilities, is required for all off campus students.
Health & Counseling Fee (Formally, Campus Health Services Fee) The campus health services fee, which provides access to the health and counseling center, is required for all enrolled students. Additional charges may be incurred during the academic year related to medications or other provided services. Information regarding additional charges is available at the Health Services Office.
Language and Thinking and Citizen Science Meal Plans All students attending the Language and Thinking and Citizen Science Programs are required to take the meal plan during these programs. An additional charge of $1,040 is applied for the meal plan taken during the Language and Thinking program and $850 is applied for the meal plan taken during the Citizen Science program.
Orientation Meal Plan All students attending the Orientation Programs are required to take the meal plan during these programs. An additional charge of $376 is applied for the meal plan taken during the Fall program. An additional charge of $376 (*estimated) is applied for the meal plan taken during the Spring program.
Tuition Refund Insurance Plan All enrolled full-time students will be charged an optional tuition insurance plan at an additional cost of $816, which is charged in the fall semester. Students who elect to waive the tuition insurance must submit a waiver form online by the appropriate deadline, so that the charge can be removed from the student's account. Information regarding tuition insurance is available here and here.
Full-time students who begin the academic year in the Spring semester will be charged an optional tuition insurance plan at an additional cost of $408.
Student Health Insurance Plan All enrolled students are required to have health insurance coverage. A 12-month health insurance plan is available through Bard at an additional cost of $3,362, which is charged in the fall semester. Students who elect to have alternate private plans must submit proof of coverage for confirmation that, upon review, it is equivalent to the plan offered through Bard.
Students who begin the academic year in the Spring semester, will be charged the 7 month health insurance plan cost of $1,974 in the spring semester. Information regarding health insurance is available at the Health Services Office as well as here.
Security Deposit The security deposit is a one-time-only charge, which is billed in the students first semester. It is refundable at the completion of a students' course of study at the College.
Commuter Meal Plan All students living off campus are eligible to sign up for the Commuter meal plan. Students who live on campus are not eligible for this plan. The plan cost is $2,500 per academic year ($1,250 per semester). Sign up is required each semester. For the Fall 2023 semester, to sign up for the plan after the meal plan selection process, please contact the Office of Student Accounts via email. If sign up is completed after the semester installments are due, payment for the plan is required in full at the time of sign up.
Part-Time Enrollment and Billing
All students are billed as full-time each semester. In order to update your registration status from full-time to part-time, it must be approved by various departments via a Part-Time Request Form. The approved Part-Time Request Form can be obtained at the Office of the Registrar and must be submitted by the student each semester to the Office of Student Accounts prior to the end date of the drop/add period for the term. Part-time registration for billing purposes is considered 9 credits or less, and is charged at a per credit fee, plus any applicable room and board and/or required fees. Please note, the optional tuition insurance plan is not available for part-time students.
Undergraduate Course Fees
Academic Leave of Absence
Students who take an academic leave of absence are charged a $750 maintenance of status administrative fee per semester.
Private Music Lesson
Students taking private lessons for credit are charged a $250 private music lesson fee per each course taken. The fee is assessed based on information received from the Music Department and the Office of the Registrar. This fee is nonrefundable for courses dropped after the semesters' drop/add period.
Course Audits
Undergraduate students enrolled full time (10-20 credits) may also register to audit courses. The number credits per semester at no charge to audit is up to 4 audit credits or up to 24 credits total combined for credit and audit. A fee of $300 is charged for each additional credit audited. Examples:
A student is registered for 16 credits taken for credit and is also registered for 6 credits for taken for audit. This is a total of 22 credits. No charge is applied.
A student is registered for 20 credits taken for credit and is also registered for 4 credits taken for audit. This is a total of 24 credits. No charge is applied.
A student is registered for 20 credits taken for credit and is also registered for 6 credits taken for audit. This is a total of 26 credits. A total charge of $600 ($300 x 2 credits) is applied for the 2 credits above 24.
Undergraduate students enrolled part time (9 or less credits) may register to audit a maximum of 4 credits per semester at no charge. A fee of $300 is charged for each additional credit audited.
Matriculated students who are on an approved leave of absence and are approved to audit a course or courses at Bard will be charged a fee of $300 for each credit audited.
These fees are nonrefundable for courses dropped after the semesters' drop/add period.