Admission

Dates & Deadlines

  • 1| Admissions Closed: Nov. 27 - 28
  • 2| Interview Deadline: Dec 19
    Note: Interviews are NOT required for admission.
  • 3| Admissions Closed: Dec 25 - Jan 1
  • 4| Regular Admission Deadline: Jan 15


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    Bard Student Profile

    Entering Class, Fall 2008

    Incoming Students
    • First-Year Students: 518
    • Applications Received: 5459
    • Admitted: 25%
    • Matriculated: 38%
    • Active Waitlist: 253
    • Transfer Students: 31; Applications: 208; Admitted: 37%; Matriculated: 40%
    • Male: 45%
    • Female: 55 %
    • Public School: 61%
    • Private School: 39%
    • Home schooled (partial or complete): <1%
    Early Action 
    • Applicants: 782
    • Admitted: 60%
    • Matriculated: 31%
    Rank in Class
    • 44% reporting
    • Top 10%: 54%
    • Top 25%: 95%
    • Top 50%: 99.5%
    Average GPA
    • 75% > 3.5
    SATs/ACT
    • SAT: 70% reported scores
    • Median scores: verbal 680; math: 650
    • Mid 50% range verbal: 640-740; math: 590-690
    • ACT:  21% reported scores
    • Median: 30
    • Mid 50%: 29-31
    Ethnic Diversity
    • Hisp/Latino: 6%
    • African American: 3%
    • Asian/Pacific Islander: 12%
    • Native American/Alaskan Native: 1%
    • Other/unknown: 24%
    • White/non Hispanic: 54%
    • International/Dual: 18%
    Geographic Distribution
    • 38 states + 46 Countries
    • New England: 15%
    • New York: 27%
    • Mid-Atlantic: 11%
    • South/Southeast:7%
    • Southwest: 2%
    • Mid-West: 6%
    • West Coast: 18%
    • Countries include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Jamaica, Kosovo, Malaysia, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
     
    Financial Aid
    • 65% received financial assistance
    • Average aid package: $25,116
    • Total Bard aid awarded: $20,000,000
    • Total aid awarded:$34,313,295
    Special Scholarships
    • Excellence and Equal Cost: 20
    • Distinguished Scientist Scholarship: 23
    • Levy Economics: 3
    • New Immigrant: 12
    • HEOP: 13
    Academic Facts
    • Fall Semester: 571 classes
    • 18% Tutorials
    • Class Size:
      < 10 students: 21 %
      10-19 students: 52 %
      20-29 students: 24 %
      > 30 students: 3%
    • First to Second Rate Retention: 88%
    • Graduation Rate: 77%
    Faculty
    • Total Number: 250
    • FTE: 193
    • Minority: 18.6%
    • Women: 45% Men: 55%
    • Terminal Degree: 96%
    Fees
    • Tuition: $37,574; Fees: $1030; Room & Board: $10,866; Additional Fees for First-Year Students (L&T): $650
    • Total: $49,470 ($50,120 First-Year)
    Endowment
    • $263,000,000
    Bard College Office of Admission
    PO Box 5000
    Annandale-on-Hudson
    New York 12504-5000

    845-758-7472
    845-758-5208 (fax)
    admission@bard.edu

    Wednesday, December 3, 2008 8:48:54 pm EST
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