Bard College Comparisons

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

Compare with New York Public Colleges for Bard College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$55,505 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$55,869 lower in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University at Albany Albany, NY	$55,570 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$55,500 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$59,054 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	$58,966 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	$58,898 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$59,096 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$58,972 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$66,436 lower in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$57,483 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	$57,684 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	$57,437 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	$57,903 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$58,984 lower in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	$57,810 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	$57,605 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	$57,562 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY	$57,611 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$57,611 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	$57,864 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	$58,946 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$57,605 lower in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY	$57,847 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	$57,133 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	$57,401 lower in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$57,811 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	$65,541 lower in-state tuition	18% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with New York Private Colleges

Compare with New York Private Colleges for Bard College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$3,640 lower in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$2,878 higher in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$908 lower in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$5,409 higher in-state tuition	48% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$1,521 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$3,870 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$644 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$3,452 higher in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$4,594 higher in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's University New York Queens, NY	$13,416 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$2,355 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pace University New York, NY	$13,146 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$8,776 lower in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY	$18,686 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$7,162 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$854 higher in-state tuition	31% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Adelphi University Garden City, NY	$17,326 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$13,036 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$4,591 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The New School New York, NY	$7,742 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$12,896 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$2,524 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Siena College Loudonville, NY	$19,856 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	$7,038 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Long Island University Brookville, NY	$24,004 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$426 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union College Schenectady, NY	$2,603 higher in-state tuition	8% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	$26,106 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$536 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$1,319 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY	$24,961 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Canisius University Buffalo, NY	$31,936 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY	$24,566 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	$19,876 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yeshiva University New York, NY	$14,636 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Houghton University Houghton, NY	$48,006 lower in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Elmira College Elmira, NY	$27,460 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	$19,616 lower in-state tuition	31% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Touro University New York, NY	$43,986 lower in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Nazareth University Rochester, NY	$23,986 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY	$921 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	$3,222 lower in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Bard College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$45,792 lower in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$54,627 lower in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$49,626 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$52,216 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$48,664 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$44,510 lower in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$48,507 lower in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$45,392 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$66,436 lower in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$47,378 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	$46,804 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$53,180 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maine Orono, ME	$53,110 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$46,462 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$51,796 lower in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	$55,352 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of New Hampshire Main Campus Durham, NH	$47,234 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$49,470 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	$50,732 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	$56,444 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$66,436 lower in-state tuition	30% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$51,138 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA	$51,228 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Wilkes Barre Dallas, PA	$52,156 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Bard College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$4,760 lower in-state tuition	48% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$3,748 lower in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$1,206 lower in-state tuition	46% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$1,666 higher in-state tuition	41% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$2,250 higher in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$814 higher in-state tuition	48% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$1,340 higher in-state tuition	25% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$1,581 higher in-state tuition	39% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Howard University Washington, DC	$30,626 lower in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$190 lower in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$4,266 higher in-state tuition	36% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$4,976 higher in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$4,040 lower in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$274 lower in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$1,274 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$4,024 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$1,832 higher in-state tuition	47% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	$10,956 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$1,376 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$4,268 higher in-state tuition	41% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$3,748 lower in-state tuition	33% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$9,380 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$1,456 lower in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$7,665 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$9,284 lower in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$4,044 higher in-state tuition	43% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$1,038 lower in-state tuition	21% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$5,436 lower in-state tuition	7% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$942 lower in-state tuition	45% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$1,644 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$13,266 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$2,124 higher in-state tuition	44% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$2,886 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Scranton Scranton, PA	$12,453 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$3,906 higher in-state tuition	36% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$4,252 higher in-state tuition	40% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	$17,450 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$8,086 lower in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$3,631 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colby College Waterville, ME	$3,164 higher in-state tuition	45% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$740 higher in-state tuition	38% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$1,164 higher in-state tuition	41% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Endicott College Beverly, MA	$25,786 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryant University Smithfield, RI	$13,759 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$2,974 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$9,286 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$204 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ	$25,316 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$13,176 lower in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Bard College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$20,890 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity University San Antonio, TX	$12,760 lower in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fisk University Nashville, TN	$40,578 lower in-state tuition	15% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	$12,852 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$564 higher in-state tuition	35% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$5,084 higher in-state tuition	21% lower acceptance rate	Compare
DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$7,366 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rhodes College Memphis, TN	$9,326 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Furman University Greenville, SC	$6,666 lower in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Willamette University Salem, OR	$15,280 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	$1,668 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$4,796 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	$4,298 higher in-state tuition	34% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	$2,386 lower in-state tuition	14% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$7,787 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	$15,956 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	$27,708 lower in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	$16,432 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA	$9,948 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Beloit College Beloit, WI	$5,550 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Centre College Danville, KY	$13,616 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The University of the South Sewanee, TN	$10,316 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Luther College Decorah, IA	$14,316 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL	$10,034 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union University Jackson, TN	$26,411 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lawrence University Appleton, WI	$9,454 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Concordia College at Moorhead Moorhead, MN	$35,266 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA	$36,236 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Knox College Galesburg, IL	$8,533 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD	$32,646 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's College Santa Fe, NM	$25,932 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	$33,247 lower in-state tuition	31% lower acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026