Bard College at Simon's Rock
	
	84 Alford Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230-9702
	
	Official telephone: (413) 644-4400
Fax number: (413) 541-0081
Website: 
https://simons-rock.edu/
 
	
		| Screen last updated on: September 2025 | 
	
	
	
	
	| Calendar system: | semester system (two terms comprise academic year) | 
	| Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: | Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term. | 
	
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	| Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: | 77% | 
	| Student:Faculty ratio: | 6:1 | 
	| Total faculty: | 34 men, 28 women | 
	| Full-time faculty: | 20 men, 17 women | 
	| Part-time faculty: | 14 men, 11 women | 
	| Graduation rate: | 23% within six years | 
	
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	| General education/core curriculum is required: | yes | 
	
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	| Special programs offered: | 
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	|  | student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning, external degree program |  | 
	
	| Combined 3-2 programs available: | 
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	|  | Institution offers 3-2 degree programs. |  | 
	
	| Study abroad opportunities: | 
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	|  | Study-abroad program offered. |  | 
	
	
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	|  | Associate's Degrees 
 
 Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
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	|  | Bachelor's Degrees 
 
 ActingAfrican-American/Black StudiesAgriculture, GeneralAmerican  History (United States)American Literature (United States)American/United States Studies/CivilizationAnthropology, GeneralApplied Mathematics, GeneralArt History, Criticism and ConservationArt/Art Studies, GeneralAsian Studies/CivilizationBiology/Biological Sciences, GeneralChemistry, GeneralChinese StudiesCinematography and Film/Video ProductionClassics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, GeneralComputer ScienceCreative WritingCultural Studies/Critical Theory and AnalysisDance, GeneralDrama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, GeneralEast Asian StudiesEcologyEconomics, GeneralEnglish Language and Literature, GeneralEnvironmental StudiesEthicsEthnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, OtherEuropean Studies/CivilizationFilm/Cinema/Media StudiesFine/Studio Arts, GeneralFood ScienceFrench Language and LiteratureFrench StudiesGeneral LiteratureGeographyGerman Language and LiteratureGerman StudiesHealth Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralHistory, GeneralIntercultural/Multicultural and Diversity StudiesIntermedia/MultimediaInternational Relations and AffairsInternational/Globalization StudiesLatin American StudiesLiberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal StudiesLinguisticsMathematics, GeneralMathematics, OtherMulti-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralMusic, GeneralNatural SciencesNeurobiology and BehaviorPhilosophyPhotographyPhysics, GeneralPlaywriting and ScreenwritingPolitical Science and Government, GeneralPre-EngineeringPre-Medicine/Pre-Medical StudiesPsychology, GeneralRussian StudiesSculptureSocial and Philosophical Foundations of EducationSocial Sciences, OtherSociology and AnthropologySpanish and Iberian StudiesSpanish Language and LiteratureTechnical Theatre/Theatre Design and TechnologyVisual and Performing Arts, General
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	| Credit placement options: | 
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	|  | credit for CEEB Advanced Placementneither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate
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