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Barnard College Overview

Located in New York, New York, Barnard College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Barnard College Known For?

892 Undergraduate Awards
$57,603 Avg Cost After Aid
9% Acceptance Rate
  • Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Barnard since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Barnard.
  • In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Barnard bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $80,516 a year. That's about 97% more than their peers at other schools.
  • It takes the average Barnard student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Barnard College?

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Contact details for Barnard are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6598
Phone: 212-854-5262
Website: www.barnard.edu

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How Do I Get Into Barnard?

You can apply to Barnard online at: barnard.edu/admissions/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Barnard

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Barnard?

9% Acceptance Rate
100% Of Accepted Are Women
30% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to Barnard, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 9%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Average Test Scores

About 30% of students accepted to Barnard submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 720 and 770. Math scores were between 720 and 780.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Barnard College  ( 720 to 770 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Barnard College  ( 720 to 780 )
200
800
Barnard received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 0. Composite scores were between 32 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Barnard College  ( 34 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Barnard College  ( 32 to 34 )
1
36

Can I Afford Barnard College?

$57,603 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Barnard is $57,603. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Barnard, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $7,339 a year. That adds up to $29,356 over four years for those students.

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Barnard College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,651 Full-Time Undergraduates
100% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,744 undergraduate students at Barnard, with 2,651 being full-time and 93 being part-time.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Barnard College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 480
Black or African American 142
Hispanic or Latino 308
White 1,188
International Students 327
Other Races/Ethnicities 206

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Barnard College. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 57 countries are represented at Barnard. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Barnard College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Economics 104 104
Child Development & Psychology 81 81
Political Science & Government 70 70
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 63 63
General English Literature 62 62
Computer Information Systems 53 53
History 39 39
Sociology 33 33
Other Statistics 27 27
Fine & Studio Arts 26 26
Urban Studies 25 25
Public Policy 25 25
Natural Resources Conservation 24 24
Anthropology 24 24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 24 24
Area Studies 23 23
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 23 23
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 17 17
General Biology 15 15
Ethnic Studies 15 15
Mathematics 13 13
General Education 12 12
General Architecture 11 11
Chemistry 10 10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 9 9
Romance Languages 9 9
Music 7 7
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 6 6
Cognitive Science 5 5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 4 4
Mathematics & Computer Science 4 4
Physics 4 4
Dance 4 4
Drama & Theater Arts 4 4
Classical & Ancient Studies 3 3
Medieval Studies 3 3
Philosophy 3 3
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 2 2
Religious Studies 2 2
Astronomy & Astrophysics 2 2
Applied Mathematics 1 1
Statistics 1 1
Architectural History 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0
General Psychology 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0
TOTAL 892 892

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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