Barnard College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Barnard College is located in New York City, United States. It was founded in the year 1889 and was the only college in New York City. The campus is situated on approximately four acres of land. Barnard College is a member unit of the Seven Sisters and is under Columbia University. Degrees are available in diverse areas of study including architecture, computer science, human rights, film studies, and religion.

Barnard College has many clubs and organizations for students to join including the Sounds of China, Club Zamana, Bach Society, Barnard Earth Club, Students Against Silence, and Ferris Reel Film Society. The college also has sports teams such as indoor soccer, floor hockey, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, and volleyball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, fine arts, drama and performing arts, science, mathematics, music, and medicine.
• High female/male ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,359 in 2009-2010 (2,278 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Barnard College provides on-campus housing for 2,132 of its 2,278 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Ivy Group for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (15 awarded)

• Architectural History and Criticism
• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (16 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

FINE ARTS (48 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (373 awarded)

• African Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• French Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• German Studies
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Slavic Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Spanish and Iberian Studies
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (11 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDICINE (31 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (9 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (11 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (57 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (47 awarded)

• Psychology