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Bard College at Simon's Rock

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Great Barrington, MA237 students
Acceptance Rate
97%
open admission
Median SAT
1,270
Net Price After Aid
$36.7k
Sticker $66.6k
Graduation Rate
54%
6-year, full-time

Bard College at Simon's Rock is a private institution in Great Barrington, MA with an acceptance rate of 97% and 237 students. The average net price after financial aid is $36,684 per year.

About Bard College at Simon's Rock

A private 4-year rural university in Great Barrington, MA.

Bard College at Simon's Rock is a college in Great Barrington, MA. It enrolls roughly 237 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 97%.

New EnglandRuralPrivate4-yearHumanities
Acceptance Rate
97%
Open Admission
Total Enrollment
237
Small
Retention
77%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
54%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

A clear-eyed view of how your profile compares to admitted students — and the things that would move your odds the most.

Acceptance Rate
97%
97 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.47
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment. Here is what would make your application as competitive as possible.

Things that would move your odds the most

  1. Maintain a GPA of 3.47 or higher
    Admitted students typically present grades at or above this level.
  2. Build a single deep extracurricular peak
    Depth beats breadth at selective schools — one nationally-visible accomplishment outperforms ten clubs.
  3. Strengthen one teacher recommendation
    A specific, personal letter from a teacher who knows your work moves the needle.

Probability is based on a model trained on historical admissions data. It is a guide, not a guarantee. Admissions decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Bard College at Simon's Rock. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,270
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
2531
28
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
3.47
average

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Bard College at Simon's Rock after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
Tuition $66,594
Average net price after aid
$36,684
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$34,687
$30,001 – $48,000
$25,473
$48,001 – $75,000
$24,431
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$43,758

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
23%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
46%
Avg loan $19,000 / year
Avg Grant Aid
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Bard College at Simon's Rock concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Humanities
54% of degrees awarded
Retention
77%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Bard College at Simon's Rock. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Asian8%
  • Hispanic9%
  • Black9%
  • International25%

Gender

  • Female62%
  • Male38%
International
22%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
237

Outcomes after graduation

What Bard College at Simon's Rock graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$46.5k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
54%
6-year, full-time

What this means

$47k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 54% graduation rate is below the national average.

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