Bard College At Simon's Rock

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts and drama and performing arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate/Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 436 in 2009-2010 (425 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 97% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Bard College At Simon's Rock provides on-campus housing for 455 of its 425 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Playwriting and Screenwriting
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Engineering

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts
• Sculpture

LIBERAL ARTS (149 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American History (United States)
• American Literature (United States)
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Studies
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• French Studies
• Geography
• German Studies
• History
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Spanish and Iberian Studies

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production
• Intermedia/Multimedia
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Ethics
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (6 awarded)

• Psychology