The challenge is that Barnard is need aware for international students. Your ability to pay will be a factor in the admissions process. If your family makes less than $10,000 then you need virtually the full cost of attendance to attend Barnard
Limited funding for international students means that there is a finite amount of money allocated to finance international students. The school is using their own money- there is no money coming from the US federal government or the state of NY to fund international students.
Let’s say for the sake of simple numbers the school has 100,000 to fund international students
The school is going to leverage how to fund the list students possible who align with the institutional mission.
Since cost of attendance is $70k,
Does Barnard fully fund 1 student and fund one other students whose financial need can be covered by the 30,000
Does the school fund 2 students who need &50k each
Does the school fund 10 students who only need $10k each
Does the school fund 20 students who only need $5k each
These all all of the things that colleges take into consideration when funding international students.