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#40 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#48 Best Value Schools
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#62 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#4 Most Innovative Schools
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#148 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#19 First-Year Experiences
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#18 Senior Capstone
Bard College is ranked #62 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
68
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
129
Graduation and retention rank
86
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
76%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
85%
Social Mobility Rank
148
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
76%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
86%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-11
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
51
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
66
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
80.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
90%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
78.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
78
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
41%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
20
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
49
Average alumni giving rate
26.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
