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Great Barrington, MA · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Campus of Bard College

Bard College at Simon's Rock is a private nonprofit, four-year institution in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (rural area), reported with Bard College. It awarded 88 degrees in 2024, most often in liberal arts and sciences, psychology and pre-engineering.

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Employer, job title and found-employed figures are reported for the whole institution, not for this campus. Federal data on this page is for this campus only.

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Federal context for Bard College at Simon's Rock

Published by the federal government for federally aided students. It does not say which employers hire graduates.

Median earnings 1 year after

$21,735

Median earnings 4 years after

$45,380

Median earnings 10 years after

$46,543

Average net price

$31,625

Completion rate

68%

Completions (2024)

88

Years to pay back

2.8 years

Students (undergrad)

225

Median earnings after completing, by program

ProgramCredentialMedian earnings, 1yrMedian earnings, 4yrGraduates counted
Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's$19,327$34,667119
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate$13,221$34,57143
Food Science and TechnologyBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Area StudiesBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Computer ScienceBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Social and Philosophical Foundations of EducationBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Engineering, GeneralBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor'sN/AN/AN/A

Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release, and IPEDS. Earnings cover federally aided students only, so they do not cover every graduate.

Awards conferred, by program

Awards conferred in 2024, from IPEDS completions.
ProgramAward levelAwards
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal StudiesAssociate66
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's6
Pre-EngineeringBachelor's3
Environmental StudiesBachelor's2
Biology/Biological Sciences, GeneralBachelor's2
Art History, Criticism and ConservationBachelor's2
Computer ScienceBachelor's1
Social and Philosophical Foundations of EducationBachelor's1
LinguisticsBachelor's1
Creative WritingBachelor's1

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