Bard High School Early College Program
Upon successful completion of the BHSEC Newark early college program, students graduate with an NBOE high school diploma and a Bard College Associate in Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences conferring to the graduate 60 or more college credits -- tuition free. Even students who do not complete the full Associates degree program earn college credits for each college level course that they pass in their third and fourth (11th and 12th grade) years with most students earning at least 30 college credits.