BARNARD COLLEGE – NYC

Barnard College,
3009 Broadway,
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-854-5262
Website: www.barnard.edu

About Barnard College:
A liberal arts college for women in New York City founded in 1889. Barnard has its own campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment. Through the Barnard-Columbia partnership, students on both campuses choose from a wide array of courses and academic resources and take part in a great variety of student organizations. Barnard has a long tradition of graduating leaders in the arts, business, government, and science.

Life in New York City:
The Barnard experience is inseparable from the New York City experience. Morningside Heights, home to Barnard and Columbia University, is known as the Academic Acropolis and as one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. Historic Harlem – rich in African-American history and tradition – Spanish Harlem, and the Upper West Side are short distances from campus. And the 116th Street subway stop near campus means that Chinatown, the East Village, or Lincoln Center are accessible to students in minutes. Add more than 2,500 internship possibilities – two-thirds of all students undertake an internship before graduation – and the result is a matchless college-city synergy.

For Barnard students, New York City is a living text. The College weaves the city into its courses and into the course of daily life. The faculty’s involvement with New York makes it easy to call on other experts to lead classes or trade ideas. The exchange between College and city works both ways. In Barnard’s own neighborhood, students can take courses at Manhattan School of Music or work toward a second bachelor’s degree – in Hebrew Literature – from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Farther afield, at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School offers instruction to especially talented musicians and, to a few, the chance to earn a master’s in music along with a bachelor’s degree from Barnard.

Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit

Awards offered: Bachelor’s degree

Pre-College Programs:
Summer in New York
Liberty Partnerships Program
STEP (Science and Technology Entry Program)

Special Programs:
Barnard-Juilliard Exchange
Centennial Scholars
Jewish Theological Seminary
Manhattan School of Music
Programs with Columbia
Spring in New York (for visiting college students)
Higher Education Opportunity Program (for New York state residents only)
Barnard Opportunity Program (for non-New York state residents)

Student population(2007): 2,346 (all undergraduate)

Admissions: www.barnard.edu/admiss/

Financial Aid: www.barnard.edu/finaid/