Overview

The Bard College MBA in Sustainability prepares students for leadership positions in a variety of business environments—from innovative start-ups to major corporations—with in-depth knowledge of core business skills through the lens of sustainability.

The curriculum provides a grounding in management essentials, with a continual focus on the integrated bottom line: economic success, environmental integrity, and social equity. Future-thinking students who earn an MBA in Sustainability early in the development of the industry will position themselves to be the forefront of a massive shift in how we do business.

Key features

The Bard MBA’s low-residency, technology-enabled structure models the future of graduate business education. The program combines intensive face-to-face interaction, community building, and career networking through in-person weekend residencies with online evening classes.

We think of our MBA as series of 3-4 day retreats, spread out over two or three years, and tied together by weekly online, live courses. Bard MBA's hybrid structure:

Accommodates working professionals
Allows students to manage family commitments
Enables students to attend the program from across the U.S.
Supports a world-class faculty of active practitioner-teachers

Individualized Career Support

Students attend the Bard MBA to transition to meaningful work in sustainable business, helping lead the change towards social and environmental justice. Our program is uniquely focused on supporting graduates to build powerful careers in this new world of mission-driven companies. Bard's process is based in Individual Career Planning, in which every student meets every semester, one-on-one, with our career counselors to map out their transition strategy.

While in the program, students have the opportunity to build their professional network and resume through:

The Impact Report Podcast where students interview global sustainability leaders
Our Sustainable Business Series where students moderate a public sustainability careers panel
Guest lecturers
NYCLab consulting class,
Internships and Consultancies
Case Competitions.

Students are also assigned professional mentors each year they are in the program, and take advantage of monthly career-development workshops.

Accreditation

Bard College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The courses of study leading to the bachelor of arts, bachelor of music, and bachelor of science degrees at Bard are registered by the New York State Education Department.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Economics for Sustainable Business

Personal Leadership Development

Accounting and the Integrated Bottom Line

Operations and Supply Chains

Finance for Sustainability

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

Blended

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.2

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the Online Application
Write a Personal Statement (Details on program's website)
Two letters of recommendation are required for admission, preferably from both an academic and professional source.
Transcripts for each institution of higher education that you have ever attended.
Submit a Resume/CV
Complete and Submit a Financial Aid Application
Schedule an Admission Interview

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

46097 USD / year

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46097 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

46097 USD / year

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Additional Details

Full-time:

Year 2: $43,123

Part-time:

Year 1: $32,714

Year 2: $28,253

Year 3: $28,253

Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Funding

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