by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Bard College landed the #762 spot.
In addition, Bard took the #55 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in New York.
Women make up 61.7% of the total graduate student body at Bard while men make you 38.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 20.5% of the graduate student population at Bard. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Bard. Around 19.9% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $37,549 | $37,549 |
| Fees | $850 | $850 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Bard is $40,652. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 30% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Bard are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Annandale Road, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504-5000 |
| Phone: | 845-758-6822 |
| Website: | www.bard.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BardCollegeNY |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BARDCollege |
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 29 |
| Economics | 7 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 24 |
| Music | 32 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 12 |
| Other Visual Art | 2 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 15 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 4 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 6 |
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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