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| Latin: Barnardi Collegium | |
| Motto | Ἑπομένη τῷ λογισμῷ (Greek) Hepomene toi logismoi |
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Motto in English | Following the Way of Reason |
| Type | Private women's liberal arts college |
| Established | 1889 |
Parent institution | Columbia University |
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| Endowment | $447 million (2022)[1] |
| President | Laura Rosenbury |
Academic staff | 388 (Fall 2022)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 3,442 (Fall 2022)[2] |
| Location | New York City , New York , United States 40°48′35″N 73°57′49″W / 40.8096°N 73.9635°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and white |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I – Ivy League (consortium with Columbia University) |
| Mascot | Millie the Bear |
| Website | barnard |
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Barnard College, officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University, is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia University's trustees to create an affiliated college named after Columbia's then-recently deceased 10th president, Frederick A. P. Barnard. The college is one of the original Seven Sisters—seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that were historically women's colleges.
Barnard is currently one of four Columbia undergraduate colleges with independent admission, curricula, and financials. Students share classes, libraries, clubs, sororities, athletic fields, and dining halls with Columbia as well as sports teams.[3] This is through the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium,[4] an agreement that makes Barnard the only women's college to offer its students the ability to compete in NCAA Division I athletics. Students receive a diploma from Columbia University.
Barnard offers bachelor of arts degree programs in about 50 areas of study. In addition to Columbia, students may also pursue elements of their education at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Jewish Theological Seminary which are also based in New York City. Its 4-acre (1.6 ha) campus is located in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights, stretching along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets. It is directly across from Columbia's main campus.
Barnard College alumnae include leaders in science, religion, politics, the Peace Corps, medicine, law, education, communications, theater, and business. Barnard graduates have been recipients of Emmy, Tony, Grammy, Academy, and Peabody awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, MacArthur Fellowships, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, and the Pulitzer Prize.
- ^ As of March 7, 2022. U.S. And Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ a b "Common Data Set 2022–2023" (PDF). Barnard College. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 30, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Athletics". Women's NCAA Athletics. Barnard College. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "Small-School Support, Big-School Athletics". Barnard College. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.