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?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Barnard since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• Students at Barnard have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Barnard.
• In 2019-2020, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Barnard with a bachelor's degree make about $71,678 a year. That's 76% more than those who graduate from 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.

Barnard College Rankings

Barnard is ranked #37 out of 2,018 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 128 colleges in New York, it is ranked at #5.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Barnard has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#41	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Barnard.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Best Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#90	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Barnard has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Urban Studies Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Area Studies Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools	College Factual
#31	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Business Degree Central
#51	Best Social Sciences Schools	College Factual
#109	Best Psychology Schools	College Factual

Where Is Barnard College?

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
Facebook:	http://www.barnard.edu/social-media/facebook

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	neither required nor recommended
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Barnard?

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 14%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Average Test Scores

About 62% 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 680 and 748. Math scores were between 670 and 770.

Barnard received ACT scores from 46% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 31 and 34.

Can I Afford Barnard College?

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 23% of students took out student loans averaging $5,364 a year. That adds up to $21,456 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Barnard is 0.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Barnard College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,744 undergraduate students at Barnard, with 2,651 being full-time and 93 being part-time.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at Barnard College

In 2019-2020, 2,744 students took at least one online class at the school.

Barnard College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	79	79
Child Development & Psychology	59	59
History	48	48
Political Science & Government	46	46
General English Literature	42	42
Area Studies	36	36
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	33	33
Fine & Studio Arts	33	33
Computer Information Systems	32	32
Sociology	27	27
Public Policy	21	21
Urban Studies	20	20
Natural Resources Conservation	17	17
Anthropology	17	17
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	16	16
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	12	12
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	12	12
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	11	11
Chemistry	11	11
Drama & Theater Arts	11	11
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	11	11
Other Statistics	10	10
Ethnic Studies	9	9
General Biology	8	8
Mathematics	8	8
Dance	7	7
Romance Languages	6	6
Religious Studies	6	6
Philosophy	5	5
Architectural History	3	3
General Architecture	3	3
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	3	3
Classical Languages & Literature	3	3
Music	3	3
Classical & Ancient Studies	2	2
Astronomy & Astrophysics	2	2
Physics	2	2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	1	1
Germanic Languages	0	0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0
Statistics	0	0
Medieval Studies	0	0
General Psychology	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0
TOTAL	675	675

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.