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.
• Students at Dartmouth have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 0%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Dartmouth.
• In <nil>, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Dartmouth bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $95,540 a year. That's about 134% 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.

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

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	Considered but not 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 6%. 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 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 6%.

Average Test Scores

About 47% 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 30% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 35. Composite scores were between 33 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 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,445 a year. That adds up to $25,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dartmouth is 0.3%. 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 4,556 undergraduate students at Dartmouth, with 4,555 being full-time and 1 being part-time.

There are also 2,205 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,555 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	643
Black or African American	243
Hispanic or Latino	454
White	2,260
International Students	540
Other Races/Ethnicities	415

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 2020-2021, 144 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.

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

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