Bard College Request Information

This overview covers the essential stats on Bard College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you’ll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.

How Well Is Bard College Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Bard College was awarded 82 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological and physical science.

Overall Quality

Bard is ranked #264 out of 2,241 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bard held the #571 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 143 colleges in New York, Bard is ranked at #29.

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How Much Money Do Bard Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Bard make about $43,441 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.