Enrollment Trends at Bard

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,502 where 2,911 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,922 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,207 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,332 to 2,911 students, a net gain of 579 (24.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bard College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,332	2,042	909	1,133	290	113	177
2016-17	2,304 -28	1,970 -72	827 -82	1,143 10	334 44	148 35	186 9
2017-18	2,293 -11	1,938 -32	800 -27	1,138 -5	355 21	154 6	201 15
2018-19	2,207 -86	1,882 -56	754 -46	1,128 -10	325 -30	135 -19	190 -11
2019-20	2,289 82	1,957 75	773 19	1,184 56	332 7	140 5	192 2
2020-21	2,465 176	2,118 161	916 143	1,202 18	347 15	133 -7	214 22
2021-22	2,591 126	2,171 53	964 48	1,207 5	420 73	169 36	251 37
2022-23	2,706 115	2,296 125	980 16	1,316 109	410 -10	156 -13	254 3
2023-24	2,922 216	2,453 157	1,055 75	1,398 82	469 59	175 19	294 40
2024-25	2,911 -11	2,438 -15	1,047 -8	1,391 -7	473 4	183 8	290 -4
Average	2,502	2,127	903	1,224	376	151	225

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,127 where 2,438 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bard College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,042	1,965	877	1,088	77	32	45
2016-17	1,970	1,897	788	1,109	73	39	34
2017-18	1,938	1,862	766	1,096	76	34	42
2018-19	1,882	1,820	725	1,095	62	29	33
2019-20	1,957	1,901	748	1,153	56	25	31
2020-21	2,118	1,793	705	1,088	325	211	114
2021-22	2,171	1,982	846	1,136	189	118	71
2022-23	2,296	2,101	859	1,242	195	121	74
2023-24	2,453	2,149	869	1,280	304	186	118
2024-25	2,438	2,227	916	1,311	211	131	80
Average	2,127	2,127	810	1,160	2,127	93	64

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 376 where 473 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bard College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	290	259	105	154	31	8	23
2016-17	334	317	143	174	17	5	12
2017-18	355	310	142	168	45	12	33
2018-19	325	301	128	173	24	7	17
2019-20	332	304	133	171	28	7	21
2020-21	347	301	125	176	46	8	38
2021-22	420	332	136	196	88	33	55
2022-23	410	370	147	223	40	9	31
2023-24	469	385	158	227	84	17	67
2024-25	473	380	154	226	93	29	64
Average	376	376	137	189	376	14	36

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.73% and the percentage of black students is 11.30% at Bard College. 3.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.99% to 43.73%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.85% to 3.47%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.99% to 11.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.20% to 12.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7736 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6327 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bard College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	18	113	163	28	0	1,399	0
2016-17	17	127	162	69	0	1,262	0
2017-18	2	81	134	127	0	1,185	100
2018-19	3	79	125	190	0	1,123	100
2019-20	5	87	120	232	0	1,156	119
2020-21	3	91	241	298	0	1,172	133
2021-22	4	84	266	320	0	1,246	152
2022-23	2	89	295	317	0	1,230	177
2023-24	3	85	325	343	0	1,243	175
2024-25	6	101	329	378	0	1,273	191
Average	6	94	216	230	0	1,229	115

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Bard College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.