Liberal Arts at Bard College

Every liberal arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal studies program at Bard College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bard is located in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York and has a total student population of 2,465.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Bard Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Bard Liberal Arts Rankings

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at Bard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal studies majors at Bard College.

Bard Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in liberal studies only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Bard may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

Bard does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bard College with a associate's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Related Majors

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Bard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Professors	6,440	$112,000

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.