Enrollment Trends at Bard

The student population at Bard College is 2,706 (2,296 undergraduate and 410 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 508 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bard is 84.85% which is decreased by 577 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 69 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Bard College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,487 where 2,706 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 577 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 69 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bard than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bard College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,214	2,873	1,326	1,547	341	136	205
2014-15	2,469 -745	2,112 -761	946 -380	1,166 -381	357 16	135 -1	222 17
2015-16	2,332 -137	2,042 -70	909 -37	1,133 -33	290 -67	113 -22	177 -45
2016-17	2,304 -28	1,970 -72	827 -82	1,143 10	334 44	148 35	186 9
2017-18	2,293 -11	1,938 -32	800 -27	1,138 -5	355 21	154 6	201 15
2018-19	2,207 -86	1,882 -56	754 -46	1,128 -10	325 -30	135 -19	190 -11
2019-20	2,289 82	1,957 75	773 19	1,184 56	332 7	140 5	192 2
2020-21	2,465 176	2,118 161	916 143	1,202 18	347 15	133 -7	214 22
2021-22	2,591 126	2,171 53	964 48	1,207 5	420 73	169 36	251 37
2022-23	2,706 115	2,296 125	980 16	1,316 109	410 -10	156 -13	254 3
Average	2,487	2,136	920	1,216	351	142	209

Bard College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,136 where 2,296 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bard College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,873	2,620	1,167	1,453	253	159	94
2014-15	2,112	2,040	913	1,127	72	33	39
2015-16	2,042	1,965	877	1,088	77	32	45
2016-17	1,970	1,897	788	1,109	73	39	34
2017-18	1,938	1,862	766	1,096	76	34	42
2018-19	1,882	1,820	725	1,095	62	29	33
2019-20	1,957	1,901	748	1,153	56	25	31
2020-21	2,118	1,793	705	1,088	325	211	114
2021-22	2,171	1,982	846	1,136	189	118	71
2022-23	2,296	2,101	859	1,242	195	121	74
Average	2,136	2,136	839	1,159	2,136	80	58

Bard College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 351 where 410 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bard College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	341	313	124	189	28	12	16
2014-15	357	325	128	197	32	7	25
2015-16	290	259	105	154	31	8	23
2016-17	334	317	143	174	17	5	12
2017-18	355	310	142	168	45	12	33
2018-19	325	301	128	173	24	7	17
2019-20	332	304	133	171	28	7	21
2020-21	347	301	125	176	46	8	38
2021-22	420	332	136	196	88	33	55
2022-23	410	370	147	223	40	9	31
Average	351	351	131	182	351	11	27

Bard College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.45% and the percentage of black students is 10.90% at Bard College. 3.29% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bard College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	19	222	228	150	0	1,674	0
2014-15	14	115	152	31	0	1,385	0
2015-16	18	113	163	28	0	1,399	0
2016-17	17	127	162	69	0	1,262	0
2017-18	2	81	134	127	0	1,185	100
2018-19	3	79	125	190	0	1,123	100
2019-20	5	87	120	232	0	1,156	119
2020-21	3	91	241	298	0	1,172	133
2021-22	4	84	266	320	0	1,246	152
2022-23	2	89	295	317	0	1,230	177
Average	9	109	189	176	0	1,283	78

Bard College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Bard

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes