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Barnard College
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Latin: Barnardi Collegium
Other name
 Barnard
Motto Hepomene toi logismoi (Greek)
Motto in English
 Following the Way of Reason
Type Private
Established 1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Endowment $363.6 million (2019)
President Sian Beilock
Academic staff
 354 (2019)
Undergraduates 2,631 (2019)
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
United States

40°48′35″N 73°57′49″W / 40.8096°N 73.9635°W / 40.8096; -73.9635
Campus Urban
Colors Blue and white
         
Athletics NCAA Division I – Ivy League
(consortium with Columbia University)
Affiliations Columbia University
NAICU
Seven Sisters
Annapolis Group
Oberlin Group
Sports 16 varsity teams
Mascot Millie the Bear
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Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college in New York City.

It was founded in 1889 by Annie Nathan Meyer after Columbia University's did not allow women to attend the university. It is named after Columbia's 10th president, Frederick Barnard.

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