After Longy School of Music of Bard College: graduation, pay and debt

Cambridge, Massachusetts · Private · 34 undergrads

The typical student earns $46,543 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $24,254 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$46.5k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

88%

of first-years come back for year two.

$24.3k

median federal debt at graduation.

79%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard

50%

First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard

88%

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

39%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,072

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,534

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$46,543

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

51%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$24,254

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$19,000

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$19,000

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$18,876

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

79%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

85%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

88%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from