Dartmouth College Overview

Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. 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.
• The student loan default rate at Dartmouth is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Dartmouth.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 83% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Dartmouth bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $91,627 a year. That's about 125% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Dartmouth student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Dartmouth College Rankings

According to our 2023 analysis, Dartmouth is ranked #4 out of 2,018 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! Out of the 16 colleges in New Hampshire, it is ranked at #1.

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
#4	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	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
#2	Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Mathematics & Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’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
#3	Best Engineering Schools	College Factual
#5	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#8	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools	College Factual
#13	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#16	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#19	Best Psychology Schools	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	considered but not 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?

The acceptance rate at Dartmouth is 9%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 9%, and the acceptance rate for women is 9%.

Average Test Scores

About 57% 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 730 and 790.

Dartmouth received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 36. Math scores were between 30 and 35. Composite scores were between 32 and 35.

Can I Afford Dartmouth College?

The overall average net price of Dartmouth is $54,689. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Dartmouth, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $5,960 a year. That adds up to $23,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dartmouth is 1.3%. 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 4,170 undergraduate students at Dartmouth, with 4,169 being full-time and 1 being part-time.

There are also 2,122 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,169 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	632
Black or African American	245
Hispanic or Latino	431
White	2,036
International Students	448
Other Races/Ethnicities	377

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 2019-2020, 5,374 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
Economics	174	0	0	174
Political Science & Government	168	0	0	168
General Engineering	0	153	0	153
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	152	0	152
Computer Science	109	23	9	141
Business Administration & Management	0	130	0	130
Engineering Science	93	3	18	114
Public Health	0	101	0	101
Medicine	0	0	99	99
General Biology	82	0	5	87
Mathematics	47	8	6	61
General English Literature	59	0	0	59
History	59	0	0	59
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	52	1	5	58
Child Development & Psychology	54	0	0	54
Other Statistics	50	0	0	50
Area Studies	49	0	0	49
Natural Resources Conservation	40	0	0	40
Geography & Cartography	39	0	0	39
Anthropology	38	0	0	38
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	35	0	35
Sociology	31	0	0	31
Ethnic Studies	28	0	0	28
Fine & Studio Arts	28	0	0	28
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	19	7	0	26
Philosophy	25	0	0	25
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	24	0	24
Geological & Earth Sciences	17	5	1	23
Physics	15	2	6	23
Chemistry	13	1	2	16
Biomedical Engineering	14	0	0	14
Biological & Physical Science	0	13	1	14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	14	0	0	14
Cognitive Science	12	0	0	12
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	1	10	11
Romance Languages	11	0	0	11
Drama & Theater Arts	8	0	0	8
Music	6	2	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	7	7
Statistics	6	0	0	6
Classical & Ancient Studies	6	0	0	6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	6	0	0	6
Classical Languages & Literature	4	0	0	4
Germanic Languages	3	0	0	3
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	0	2	2
Genetics	0	0	2	2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	2	0	0	2
Other Health Professions	0	1	1	2
Engineering Physics	1	0	0	1
Religious Studies	1	0	0	1
Astronomy & Astrophysics	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
East Asian Languages	0	0	0	0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,384	662	174	2,220

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.