🎓 College profile

Bard College at Simon's Rock

MA · Private nonprofit · Distant rural

ℹ️ A note about this profile

Bard College at Simon's Rock doesn't publish standardized-test bands or admit-rate data to IPEDS. That usually means the institution is open-admission (no selectivity gate), graduate-focused, or small enough that the federal survey suppresses the numbers. The cost, program, and outcomes data below is still complete — just no admissions-difficulty signal to surface. If you're searching for a more selective Ivy-tier "Bard", try the search at the top of the page.

🎯 Parent/student verdict

Worth a look

Comprehensive 4-year institution.

✅ Best for

  • Students drawn to Visual & Performing Arts or Psychology (the two biggest majors)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Bacc/Assoc
Total enrollment
225
Under 1,000
In-state tuition
$68,780
sticker, before aid
Tuition
$68,780
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Bard College at Simon's Rock

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Bard College at Simon's Rock actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Visual & Performing Arts
11 degrees · 31.4%
Typical career outcomes
Graphic Designer $59k Art Director $106k Multimedia Artist / Animator $99k Musician / Singer $39k
Highly variable. Steady-pay roles cluster in design, illustration, production. Performance careers have very wide income distributions.
2. Psychology
7 degrees · 20.0%
Typical career outcomes
HR Specialist $68k Market Research Analyst $75k Clinical Psychologist (post-PhD) $93k Social Worker $58k
Most undergrad psych grads go into non-clinical roles. Clinical/counseling psych requires a master's or doctoral.
3. Biological & Biomedical Sciences
6 degrees · 17.1%
Typical career outcomes
Biological Scientist $87k Medical & Clinical Lab Tech $61k Pharmaceutical Rep $82k Physician (post-MD) $239k
Many bio majors → med school / grad school. Direct-employment bio roles are lower-paid than that pipeline.
4. Mathematics & Statistics
6 degrees · 17.1%
Typical career outcomes
Statistician $104k Actuary $120k Operations Research Analyst $86k Data Scientist $108k
Quant-heavy paths — actuarial, data, finance, research. High starting wages.
5. Social Sciences
5 degrees · 14.3%
Typical career outcomes
Economist $118k Political Scientist $130k Sociologist $93k Market Research Analyst $75k
Economics + poli sci sub-disciplines pay much more than sociology + anthropology.

Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at Bard College at Simon's Rock

CS degrees (annual)
4
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

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