Bard College
School info
3.7
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.4
Food
2.8
Clubs
3.7
Facilities
3.9
Internet
3.3
Location
3.5
Opportunities
3.7
Safety
4.4
Social
3.3
Happiness
4.2
Basic Information
Location
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private liberal arts college
- Established: March 1860; 164 years ago (1860-03)
- Founder: John Bard, Margaret Johnston Bard
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Around 40 undergraduate programs and over 20 graduate degrees
Key Area
- Psychology (including Attention and Performance
- Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Affective Science)
- Physics (including Nanoscale Physics and Quantum Materials
- Astrophysics
- High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Optics)
- Environmental Studies (including Environmental and Urban Studies
- Sustainability)
- Interdisciplinary Sciences (including Science
- Technology
- and Society
- Global Public Health)
- Computational Sciences and Data Analytics
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,272
- Undergraduates: 1,852
- Postgraduates: 420
- Academic Staff: 274
Notable Alumni
- Jonah Hill
- Chevy Chase
- Ronan Farrow
- Peter Sarsgaard
- Walter Becker
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Good reviews
Overall 5
Bard has very, very good academics (like, in line with Cornell, Emory, Vassar, etc) but not enough money to give its students good living conditions. Gorgeous campus but terrible food and below average facilities and housing. Opportunities/prestige/location are alright. Don't listen to this site's terrible rating system, it captures very little.
Overall 4.7
Been amazing so far people here are so chill. They need to get better food service though. Win some lose some.
Overall 4.5
I loooove bard!!! Yahoo!
Overall 4.5
None.
Overall 4.4
I attended Bard from the Fall of 2017 to the Fall of 2019. It was one of my top choices following my time at Dutchess Community College. Bard was one of the best decisions I ever made. My professors kind, helpful, and extremely knowledgeable. I am a better student because of my time learning with them.
Overall 4.4
Bard is an amazing school, which will give you an education like no other. It will prepare you to challenge the world, while still being successful.
Overall 4.3
a yummy education
Overall 4.3
Bard College is an amazing school. Highly recommend.
Overall 4.2
I absolutely loved this school. Nowhere is flawless, but I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful campus (truly), more supportive faculty, or more interesting and engaged students. Everyone is incredibly talented and eager to learn and professors genuinely care (and are really cool!). I learned so much and met such amazing people. Truly the best.
Overall 4.2
I love being here, fantastic teachers, the community is really accepting and tight knit, people care about each other. I have no complaints really- the foods not the best but better then at back home so yeah
Bad reviews
Overall 1.4
this is the most boring place I have been, one might say it is a cloistered environment.
Overall 1.7
Food on-campus is ridiculously overpriced, internet is quite slow, it's in the middle of nowhere, the library is small and they don't listen to you when you suggest new books for the collection, and you end up with a diploma from a cllge not many people have Heard of. Some of the teachers are OK, and the place has a great positive atmosphere.