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Bard College at Simon’s Rock Data & Information Overview

95% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Bard College at Simon’s Rock, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Bard College at Simon’s Rock Ranked?

Liberal Arts General Studies Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Simon's Rock was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Simon’s Rock?

95% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 95%, Simon's Rock has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.

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Bard College at Simon’s Rock Faculty

6 to 1 Student to Faculty
58% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Simon's Rock it is much better at 6 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Bard College at Simon's Rock is 58%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  58 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Bard College at Simon’s Rock

68% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Bard College at Simon's Rock is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  68 out of 100
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Bard College at Simon’s Rock Undergraduate Student Diversity

328 Full-Time Undergraduates
24.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
63.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 343 undergraduates at Simon's Rock with 328 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

How Much Does Bard College at Simon’s Rock Cost?

$34,180 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
$26,768 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Simon's Rock is $34,180. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Simon’s Rock

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$21,580$17,857$28,068$39,388$49,930

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Simon's Rock, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Simon's Rock, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,692 a year. That adds up to $26,768 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Simon’s Rock Graduates Make?

$46,543 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Simon's Rock with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $46,543 in their early years. That's great news for Simon's Rock students since it is 5% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Massachusetts State
328 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Bard College at Simon's Rock is a private not-for-profit institution. The rural area surrounding Simon's Rock is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

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Contact details for Simon's Rock are given below.

Contact Details
Address:84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230-9702
Phone:413-644-4400
Website:www.simons-rock.edu/

Bard College at Simon’s Rock Majors

42 Majors With Completions
310 Undergraduate Degrees
310 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 42 majors graduated from Bard College at Simon's Rock. Of these students, 310 received undergraduate degrees and 310 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies91NA
General Psychology12NA
Computer Science8NA
General Engineering7NA
Mathematics7NA
General Biology5NA
Physics5NA
Health/Medical Prep Programs3NA
Political Science & Government3NA
Writing Studies2NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Bard College at Simon's Rock along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 38 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

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