New EnglandUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Cambridge, MA34 students
Acceptance Rate
84%
less selective
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$43.3k
Sticker $53.0k
Graduation Rate
44%
6-year, full-time

Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private institution in Cambridge, MA with an acceptance rate of 84% and 34 students. The average net price after financial aid is $43,291 per year.

About Longy School of Music of Bard College

A private 4-year urban university in Cambridge, MA.

Longy School of Music of Bard College is a college in Cambridge, MA. It enrolls roughly 34 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 84%.

New EnglandUrbanPrivate4-yearVisual & Performing
Acceptance Rate
84%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
34
Small
Retention
88%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
44%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
84%
84 of every 100 applicants admitted
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Admitted Student GPA
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Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Longy School of Music of Bard College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Longy School of Music of Bard College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $52,950
Average net price after aid
$43,291
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
N/A
$30,001 – $48,000
$43,291
$48,001 – $75,000
N/A
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
N/A

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

Pell Grant Recipients
10%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
10%
Avg loan $19,000 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Longy School of Music of Bard College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
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Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Visual & Performing
100% of degrees awarded
Retention
88%
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 Longy School of Music of Bard College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White18%
  • Black3%
  • International79%

Gender

  • Female62%
  • Male38%
International
79%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
34

Outcomes after graduation

What Longy School of Music of Bard College 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
44%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$46.5k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$19.0k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$43.3k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$47k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 44% graduation rate is below the national average.

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