How many students at Bard? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 2,706 students have enrolled in Bard College with 2,296 undergraduate and 410 graduate students.

By gender, 1,136 male and 1,570 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,429 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and age distribution.


Student Population by Gender

Bard College has a total of 2,706 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,296 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 410 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,136 male and 1,570 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total2,7062,296410
Men1,136980156
Women1,5701,316254
Bard College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBard College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBard College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,230 White, 295 Black, and 89 Asian students out of a total of 2,706 are attending at Bard College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian893752
Black295195100
Hispanic317132185
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1,230452778
Two or more races1777899
Race Unknown1486880
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian682543
Black27819088
Hispanic280117163
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1,039381658
Two or more races1587484
Race Unknown1406674
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian21129
Black17512
Hispanic371522
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White19171120
Two or more races19415
Race Unknown826
Bard College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBard College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBard College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Bard has 35 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 1,877 students under 25 years old, and 714 students over 25 years old out of 2,591 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 35 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Bard has 1,777 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 394 students aged 25 and over.

It has 100 graduate students aged under 25 and 320 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18352015
18-19769489280
20-21733462271
22-24340187153
25-29258137121
30-341636796
35-39983563
40-4914234108
50-64462125
Over 65761
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18352015
18-19769489280
20-21728460268
22-24245126119
25-29893653
30-34892366
35-39591346
40-491131994
50-64391722
Over 65541
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21523
22-24956134
25-2916910168
30-34744430
35-39392217
40-49291514
50-64743
Over 65220
Bard College 2022 Student Population by Age chartBard College 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartBard College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartBard College 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartBard College 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartBard College 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,296 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 81 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.53%.79 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,022
Transfer-in Full-time79
Regular Part-time193
Transfer-in Part-time2

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