Barnard College
New York, New York · Also known as Barnard · Website
$80,516
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$80,516
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Barnard College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in New York, New York with 3,264 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $28,800 a year (tuition and fees $69,888). It admits 8.8% of applicants and 93% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $80,516 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $18,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$28,800
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$69,888
US median $11,837
Admission rate
8.8%
US median 78%
Completion rate
93%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$18,000
About $191 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$80,516
Rank 181 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $28,800
- Tuition and fees
- $69,888
- Cost of attendance
- $89,538
- Students with a need-based grant
- 16%
- Students with federal loans
- 26%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $11,600
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $15,374
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $19,094
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $24,753
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $51,378
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $47,631 in 2015-16 to $69,888 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 8.8%
- Average SAT
- 1,520
- SAT reading, middle
- 740
- SAT math, middle
- 748
- ACT, middle
- 33
- Undergraduates
- 3,264
- Part-time students
- 1.1%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Completion rate
- 93%
- Retention rate
- 97%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 49
- Endowment
- $503.4M
- Other
- Women only
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 181 of 5,094 US colleges and 30 of 299 in New York (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | NY median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $28,800 | $17,682 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $69,888 | $13,810 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 8.8% | 73% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 93% | 64% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 97% | 79% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $18,000 | $15,250 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $60,411 | $38,937 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $80,516 | $47,733 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 87% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 82% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
49 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 104 | $16,250 | $85,860 | $111,909 | $82,686 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 81 | $17,875 | $44,055 | $65,644 | $55,695 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 70 | $18,250 | $57,298 | $77,805 | $63,293 |
| Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 63 | $17,491 | $24,569 | $66,787 | $62,451 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 62 | $18,558 | $40,414 | $61,327 | $48,590 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 53 | $19,000 | $107,434 | Withheld | $92,374 |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 39 | $16,350 | $48,092 | $62,258 | $50,680 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 33 | $14,899 | $48,215 | $77,821 | $52,657 |
| Mathematics and Statistics, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $88,839 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 26 | $18,750 | $39,947 | Withheld | $41,367 |
| Public Policy AnalysisBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $73,721 |
| Urban Studies/AffairsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | $19,000 | $40,294 | $79,807 | $62,532 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | Withheld | $42,622 | Withheld | $55,012 |
| AnthropologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $46,676 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $43,765 |
| Area StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | $19,000 | $34,142 | $66,117 | $56,625 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,693 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,710 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | $17,520 | $47,329 | $75,696 | $57,214 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,562 |
| Education, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| ArchitectureBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $66,914 |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,000 |
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Questions and answers
How much does Barnard College cost?
$28,800 a year is the average net price at Barnard College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $69,888, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $89,538. Families earning under $30,000 pay $11,600 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Barnard College?
8.8% of applicants are admitted to Barnard College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,520 and the middle ACT score is 33. The median admission rate of colleges in New York is 73%.
How much do Barnard College graduates earn?
$80,516 a year is the median pay of former Barnard College students who work, 10 years after they started ($60,411 after 6 years). That ranks 181 of 5,094 US colleges and 30 of 299 in New York. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's) at $107,434.
How much student debt do Barnard College graduates have?
$18,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Barnard College graduates, about $191 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 26% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Barnard College?
93% of first-time, full-time students at Barnard College finish within 6 years. 97% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Barnard College?
Economics (104 bachelor's graduates), Research and Experimental Psychology (81 bachelor's graduates), Political Science and Government (70 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 49 programs.
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.