Dartmouth College Overview

Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Hanover draws many to the area.

What Is Dartmouth College Known For?

• Students at Dartmouth may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• Students at Dartmouth have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Dartmouth is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Dartmouth bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $75,500 a year. That's about 85% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average Dartmouth student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Dartmouth College Rankings

Dartmouth is ranked #1 out of 2,320 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2021 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! It is also ranked #1 out of 14 schools in New Hampshire.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Dartmouth has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Dartmouth.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Dartmouth has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Colleges for General Biology	College Factual
#2	Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	College Factual
#3	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#10	Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences	College Factual
#10	Best Colleges for History	College Factual
#11	Best Colleges for Social Sciences	College Factual

Where Is Dartmouth College?

Contact details for Dartmouth are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	207 Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3529
Phone:	603-646-1110
Website:	www.dartmouth.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Dartmouth
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/dartmouth

How Do I Get Into Dartmouth?

You can apply to Dartmouth online at: admissions.dartmouth.edu/apply/apply-dartmouth

Admission Requirements for Dartmouth

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Dartmouth?

If you plan to apply to Dartmouth, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 10%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 11%, and the acceptance rate for women is 10%.

Average Test Scores

About 52% of students accepted to Dartmouth submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 770. Math scores were between 720 and 790.

Dartmouth received ACT scores from 48% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 29 and 35. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford Dartmouth College?

The overall average net price of Dartmouth is $52,552. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Dartmouth, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,195 a year. That adds up to $24,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dartmouth is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Dartmouth College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,418 undergraduate students at Dartmouth, with 4,357 being full-time and 61 being part-time.

There are also 2,154 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,357 full-time undergraduates at Dartmouth, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dartmouth College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	664
Black or African American	260
Hispanic or Latino	429
White	2,186
International Students	434
Other Races/Ethnicities	384

Geographic Diversity

New Hampshire students aren't the only ones who study at Dartmouth College. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 112 countries are represented at Dartmouth. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Online Learning at Dartmouth College

In 2017-2018, 140 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Dartmouth has changed over the last few years.

Dartmouth College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	290	0	290
General Engineering	0	175	0	175
Economics	172	0	0	172
Political Science & Government	170	0	0	170
Engineering Science	109	5	22	136
Computer Science	87	14	2	103
Medicine	0	0	100	100
Public Health	0	83	0	83
General Biology	54	3	17	74
Child Development & Psychology	61	0	0	61
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	46	2	7	55
History	54	0	0	54
Mathematics	43	4	3	50
Anthropology	44	0	0	44
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	40	0	40
Natural Resources Conservation	37	0	0	37
General English Literature	34	0	0	34
Area Studies	33	0	0	33
Other Statistics	32	0	0	32
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	20	8	0	28
Sociology	28	0	0	28
Fine & Studio Arts	28	0	0	28
Geography & Cartography	26	0	0	26
Ethnic Studies	23	0	0	23
Chemistry	13	3	7	23
Physics	11	1	9	21
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	20	0	20
Geological & Earth Sciences	12	4	3	19
Cognitive Science	14	0	0	14
Philosophy	13	0	0	13
Music	9	3	0	12
East Asian Languages	11	0	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	11	0	0	11
Other Health Professions	0	7	3	10
Biological & Physical Science	0	1	9	10
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	10	0	0	10
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	1	6	7
Genetics	0	0	7	7
Classical Languages & Literature	7	0	0	7
Classical & Ancient Studies	7	0	0	7
Biomedical Engineering	6	0	0	6
Religious Studies	6	0	0	6
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	1	4	5
Romance Languages	5	0	0	5
Engineering Physics	4	0	0	4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	3	0	0	3
Germanic Languages	2	0	0	2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	2	0	0	2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	1	1
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	1	0	0	1
Statistics	1	0	0	1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	0	0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	0	0
Astronomy & Astrophysics	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,249	665	200	2,114

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.