Barnard College
New York, New York
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 3,264 undergrads
- Women's college
- Admit rate
- 9%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $28,930per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 92%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $98,28010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Barnard and Columbia share course catalogs, so Barnard students can take classes on either campus, and the two share clubs, athletic fields and dining halls. Students earn a Barnard degree.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 9%About 1 in 11 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1470–1560Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 32–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Barnard College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 10%1,048 admitted of 10,426 first-year applicants
- Off the wait list
- 9%150 admitted of 1,644 who stayed on the wait list (2,173 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1480–154038% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 32–3516% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 96%98% were in the top quarter.
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Barnard College Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $28,930full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $93,398sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $73,033Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 92%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 97%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $98,28010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,264Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 18%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 16%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Yeshiva University New York, NY — admits 56%
- Siena University Loudonville, NY — admits 69%
- Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY — admits 73%
- Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY — admits 82%
Also worth a look
- Colgate University Hamilton, NY — admits 14%
- Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY — admits 21%
- Hamilton College Clinton, NY — admits 14%
- Middlebury College Middlebury, VT — admits 11%
- Dartmouth College Hanover, NH — admits 5%
- Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO — admits 18%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Barnard College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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