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Simon's Rock at Bard College

Simon's Rock at Bard College reports 225 undergraduates in Great Barrington, NY. Its federal reporting group is labeled Bard College. International students are a visible presence at Simon's Rock at Bard College — 32.9% of its 225 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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Simon's Rock at Bard College · Great Barrington, New York · Federal institution ID (UNITID): 167792.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Bard College).

Shared outcomes cannot rank campuses. Reporting-group definitions.

Compare Great Barrington, NY with Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. Other profile: Bard College · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY (UNITID: 189088).

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$34,687

family income
under $30k

$25,473

$30–48k

$24,431

$48–75k

$37,425

$75–110k

$43,758

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$31,6252023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Simon's Rock at Bard College rose from $25,151 (2008) to $31,625 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$25,151
2009	$28,717
2010	$27,186
2011	$28,364
2012	$29,821
2013	$27,946
2014	$31,085
2015	$33,096
2016	$33,991
2017	$33,769
2018	$32,232
2019	$42,843
2020	$33,316
2021	$34,180
2022	$36,684
2023	$31,625

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$85,2622024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Simon's Rock at Bard College rose from $50,964 (2009) to $85,262 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$50,964
2010	$52,669
2011	$54,677
2012	$56,827
2013	$59,385
2014	$60,634
2015	$62,869
2016	$64,907
2017	$67,336
2018	$68,693
2019	$70,488
2020	$72,193
2021	$77,332
2022	$81,055
2023	$82,465
2024	$85,262

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$24,850
2001	$25,610
2002	$27,180
2003	$28,950
2004	$30,687
2005	$33,334
2006	$34,804
2007	$37,075
2008	$38,535
2013	$46,713
2014	$48,551
2015	$50,209
2016	$52,870
2017	$53,418
2018	$55,082
2019	$56,901
2020	$61,169
2021	$63,583
2022	$64,951
2023	$66,594

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Simon's Rock at Bard College reports published tuition of $68,780 in this record. Simon's Rock at Bard College's $68,780 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Simon's Rock at Bard College reports 225 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

68.3% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Simon's Rock at Bard College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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68.3%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Simon's Rock at Bard College has wandered from Fall 1996 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 74.7% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 68.3%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1996 cohort	65.6%
1997 cohort	59.3%
1998 cohort	59.6%
1999 cohort	67.4%
2000 cohort	74.7%
2001 cohort	64.5%
2002 cohort	72.6%
2003 cohort	63.2%
2004 cohort	67.7%
2005 cohort	68.8%
2006 cohort	58.4%
2007 cohort	67.4%
2008 cohort	58.6%
2009 cohort	61.2%
2010 cohort	74.1%
2011 cohort	60%
2012 cohort	60%
2013 cohort	68.8%
2014 cohort	61.7%
2015 cohort	69.6%
2016 cohort	64.8%
2017 cohort	54.2%
2018 cohort	68.3%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1996–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Bard College).

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$6,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$9,008	$2,969
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$10,250	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$9,000	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$6,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$5,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$3,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$3,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$3,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	—	$4,875
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$10,000	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$11,750	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$13,500	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$17,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,500	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$15,500	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$14,500	$9,875
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$17,875	$11,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$16,875	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$19,500	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,500	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$13,945	$8,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$28,134

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$42,279

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$51,933

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years. Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Bard College).

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Simon's Rock at Bard College admitted 140 of 146 applicants in Fall 2024. The 95.9% rate describes that application pool.

95.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $66,594 tuition · 2023–24 225 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Simon's Rock at Bard College did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Simon's Rock at Bard College under that historical policy.

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In the Fall 2024 cycle, Simon's Rock at Bard College received 146 applications and admitted 140 (95.9%), with 75 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

95.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	41.6%
Fall 2002	50%
Fall 2003	45.5%
Fall 2004	79%
Fall 2005	77.2%
Fall 2006	58.8%
Fall 2007	88.9%
Fall 2008	80.2%
Fall 2009	84.5%
Fall 2010	80.1%
Fall 2011	87.2%
Fall 2012	92.6%
Fall 2013	92.2%
Fall 2014	89.4%
Fall 2015	89.5%
Fall 2016	86.8%
Fall 2017	66.1%
Fall 2018	80.8%
Fall 2019	93%
Fall 2020	94%
Fall 2021	80.1%
Fall 2022	95.5%
Fall 2023	97.2%
Fall 2024	95.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1155–1410Fall 2007 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1045	1370
Fall 2002	1070	1300
Fall 2004	1170	1360
Fall 2005	1110	1390
Fall 2006	1093	1358
Fall 2007	1155	1410

IPEDS Fall 2001–2007, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

24–29Fall 2007 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	22	30
Fall 2002	22	28
Fall 2004	24	30
Fall 2005	22	28
Fall 2006	26	29
Fall 2007	24	29

IPEDS Fall 2001–2007, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

225Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Simon's Rock at Bard College fell from 394 (Fall 2002) to 225 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	394
Fall 2003	392
Fall 2004	370
Fall 2005	377
Fall 2006	368
Fall 2007	400
Fall 2008	427
Fall 2009	423
Fall 2010	371
Fall 2011	345
Fall 2012	344
Fall 2013	344
Fall 2014	323
Fall 2015	325
Fall 2016	360
Fall 2017	391
Fall 2018	387
Fall 2019	392
Fall 2020	330
Fall 2021	302
Fall 2022	263
Fall 2023	237
Fall 2024	225

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

77%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Simon's Rock at Bard College has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 84% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 77%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	79%
Fall 2003 cohort	80%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	82%
Fall 2006 cohort	76%
Fall 2007 cohort	75%
Fall 2008 cohort	74%
Fall 2009 cohort	75%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	71%
Fall 2012 cohort	68%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	78%
Fall 2015 cohort	84%
Fall 2016 cohort	77%
Fall 2017 cohort	66%
Fall 2018 cohort	77%
Fall 2019 cohort	75%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	68%
Fall 2022 cohort	77%
Fall 2023 cohort	77%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Simon's Rock at Bard College

17% of Simon's Rock at Bard College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Simon's Rock at Bard College as a primarily residential campus of 225 undergraduates — and 77.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Simon's Rock at Bard College reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 95.9%. Review Simon's Rock at Bard College's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Simon's Rock at Bard College is primarily an associate's-degree school that also runs bachelor's programs; Simon's Rock at Bard College's page covers the bachelor's side.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Simon's Rock at Bard College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Simon's Rock at Bard College95.9%

New York median70.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Simon's Rock at Bard College$68,780

New York median$17,408

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Simon's Rock at Bard College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Bard College).

Bard College reporting group (shared)$46,543

New York median$60,236

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Simon's Rock at Bard College, New York and national reference values
Metric & basis	Simon's Rock at Bard College	New York median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	95.9%	70.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$68,780	$17,408	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$46,543Shared group value	$60,236	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Simon's Rock at Bard College report?

Simon's Rock at Bard College did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 95.9% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Simon's Rock at Bard College's acceptance rate?

95.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 140 admitted from 146 applicants.

How much does Simon's Rock at Bard College cost?

At Simon's Rock at Bard College, tuition is $68,780. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Simon's Rock at Bard College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $46,543. Source and date limits.

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Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.