Bard College
	
	30 Campus Road, PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
	
	Official telephone: (845) 758-6822
Fax number: (845) 758-5208
Website: 
https://www.bard.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: | 85% | 
	| Student:Faculty ratio: | 9:1 | 
	| Total faculty: | 161 men, 144 women | 
	| Full-time faculty: | 87 men, 75 women | 
	| Part-time faculty: | 74 men, 69 women | 
	| Graduation rate: | 67% 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. |  | 
	
	| Graduate schools/programs are offered: | yes | 
	| Study abroad opportunities: | 
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	|  | Study-abroad program offered. |  | 
	
	
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	|  | Associate's Degrees 
 
 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, OtherLiberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
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	|  | Bachelor's Degrees 
 
 Accounting and FinanceAfrican StudiesAmerican/United States Studies/CivilizationAncient/Classical Greek Language and LiteratureAnthropology, GeneralArabic Language and LiteratureArt History, Criticism and ConservationAsian Studies/CivilizationBiological and Physical SciencesBiology/Biological Sciences, GeneralBusiness, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBusiness/Managerial EconomicsChemistry, GeneralChinese Language and LiteratureClassical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and ArchaeologyComputer ScienceCreative WritingDance, GeneralDrama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, GeneralEconomics, GeneralEnglish Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language and Literature/Letters, OtherEnvironmental StudiesFilm/Cinema/Media StudiesFine/Studio Arts, GeneralFrench Language and LiteratureFrench StudiesGerman Language and LiteratureGerman StudiesHistory and Philosophy of Science and TechnologyHistory, GeneralHumanities/Humanistic StudiesInternational/Globalization StudiesIrish StudiesItalian Language and LiteratureItalian StudiesJapanese Language and LiteratureJazz/Jazz StudiesJewish/Judaic StudiesLatin American StudiesLatin Language and LiteratureMathematics, GeneralMedieval and Renaissance StudiesMulti-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralMulti-/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMusic Performance, GeneralMusic, GeneralNear and Middle Eastern StudiesPhilosophyPhotographyPhysics, GeneralPolitical Science and Government, GeneralPre-Law StudiesPre-Medicine/Pre-Medical StudiesPsychology, GeneralReligion/Religious StudiesRussian Language and LiteratureRussian StudiesSocial Sciences, GeneralSocial Sciences, OtherSociology, GeneralSpanish and Iberian StudiesSpanish Language and LiteratureTheology/Theological StudiesVisual and Performing Arts, Other
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	|  | Doctorates 
 
 Art History, Criticism and ConservationVisual and Performing Arts, Other
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	|  | Master's Degrees 
 
 Art History, Criticism and ConservationBusiness Administration and Management, GeneralBusiness, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherEconometrics and Quantitative EconomicsEconomics, GeneralEducation, OtherEnvironmental EducationEnvironmental ScienceMusic Performance, GeneralNatural Resources and Conservation, OtherSecondary Education and TeachingSocial Sciences, GeneralSocial Sciences, OtherVisual and Performing Arts, Other
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	| Credit placement options: | 
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	|  | credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)credit for international baccalaureate
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