Bard College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bard College

Bard College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 2,414 students of which 2,828 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Bard College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 52.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,380. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $34,649, with published in-state tuition of $66,436 and a Pell grant recipient share of 16.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,254, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 70.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.6%. Graduates earn a median of $46,543 ten years after enrolling, compared with $31,072 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 53000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 50.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.