Which Bard College bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Social Sciences graduates leave with a median of $24,747 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Bard College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bard College cost?

Tuition and fees are $66,436 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $34,649 a year.

How many Bard College programs report graduate pay?

4 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Bard College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Bard College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
2,414 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Bard College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Biological and Physical Sciences pays the most in the first year ($39,296), and Other English Studies the least ($17,237). The median program pays $21,315. Bard College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$66,436Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$34,649Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate52%Of applicants

All 4 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 95 graduates a year	$39,296	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 3
2	Social SciencesAbout 158 graduates a year	$23,302	Not reported	$24,747	8th of 8
3	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 114 graduates a year	$19,327	Not reported	$27,000	30th of 35
4	Other English StudiesAbout 69 graduates a year	$17,237	Not reported	$26,861	2nd of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 130 graduates a year	$13,221	$22,547	Not reported	46th of 46

Common questions

Biological and Physical Sciences graduates earn a median of $39,296 in their first year, the most of 4 Bard College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels