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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.

Key figures

317
Students enrolled
86%
First-year retention
170
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
8
Programs and majors
4:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateMaster

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
Education 1

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
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