$46,543
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Bard College - BHSEC Newark is a private nonprofit 2-year college in Newark, New Jersey. Former students earn a median $46,543 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $24,254 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
-
Completion rate
-
Median debt
$24,254
About $257 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$46,543
Rank 1,804 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Admission and students
- Highest degree
- none
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,804 of 5,094 US colleges and 52 of 110 in New Jersey (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | NJ median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $18,173 | $22,872 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $12,950 | $16,190 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 76% | 80% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 58% | 67% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 77% | 72% | 75% |
| Median debt | $24,254 | $11,998 | $13,798 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $31,072 | $38,311 | $39,987 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $46,543 | $46,192 | $46,573 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US private nonprofit 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 79% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 51% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much do Bard College - BHSEC Newark graduates earn?
$46,543 a year is the median pay of former Bard College - BHSEC Newark students who work, 10 years after they started ($31,072 after 6 years). That ranks 1,804 of 5,094 US colleges and 52 of 110 in New Jersey.
How much student debt do Bard College - BHSEC Newark graduates have?
$24,254 is the median federal student loan debt of Bard College - BHSEC Newark graduates, about $257 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.