by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Longy School of Music of Bard College was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is visual & performing arts.
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Longy was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Longy School of Music of Bard College has an acceptance rate of 89%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Longy.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Longy it is much better at 3 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Longy School of Music of Bard College is 11%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 22% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Longy School of Music of Bard College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 40 undergraduates at Longy with 39 being full-time and 1 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Longy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Longy, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $5,500 a year. That adds up to $22,000 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Longy is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Get more details about the location of Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Contact details for Longy are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Phone: | 617-876-0956 |
| Website: | longy.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 59 students took at least one online class at Longy School of Music of Bard College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 59 | 28 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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