- Students
- 274
- Retention
- 71%
- Programs
- 10
- Awards 2024-25
- 40
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, Massachusetts Private nonprofit 4-year Midsize city
Overview
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 317 students in fall 2024, including 10 undergraduates and 307 graduate students.
Longy School of Music of Bard College offers certificates and master's degrees across 8 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Music Teacher Education, Voice and Opera, and Keyboard Instruments. It awarded 170 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
86% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 4 to 1.
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Program levels
Programs and majors offered 8
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Visual and Performing Arts 7
- Voice and Opera CertificateMaster 33 graduates
- Keyboard Instruments CertificateMaster 30 graduates
- Music Performance CertificateMaster 14 graduates
- Stringed Instruments CertificateMaster 14 graduates
- Music Theory and Composition CertificateMaster 6 graduates
- Woodwind Instruments CertificateMaster 5 graduates
- Brass Instruments CertificateMaster 2 graduates
Education 1
- Music Teacher Education Master Online option 66 graduates
Outcomes
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
- First-year retention, full-time students
- 86%
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 4:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
- Master's degrees
- 158
- Certificates of 2 to 4 years
- 5
- Postbaccalaureate certificates
- 7
Enrollment
- Students, fall 2024
- 317
- Undergraduates, fall 2024
- 10
- Graduate students, fall 2024
- 307
- Full-time, fall 2024
- 85%
- Students over the full 2024-25 year
- 369
- Undergraduates, 2024-25
- 17
- Graduate students, 2024-25
- 352
- Full-time, 2024-25
- 83%
- Size category
- Under 1,000 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
- Women
- 62%
- Men
- 38%
- White
- 32%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 7%
- Black or African American
- 4%
- Asian
- 3%
- Two or more races
- 2%
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- 1%
- International (U.S. nonresident)
- 51%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
- Programs with a fully online option
- 1
- Online graduate programs
- Yes
- Students studying fully online
- 25%
- Students taking some online courses
- 0%
Campus and services
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Carnegie classification
- Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools
- President
- Karen Zorn
- Services and opportunities
- Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
- For veterans and service members
- Dedicated veterans contact
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