Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
6.0%
1,699 admitted
SAT · 50th
1520
Range 1440–1550
6-yr grad
95.0%
Retention 98.0%
Undergrads
7.9:1 S-F
Admissions
6.0%
1,699 admitted
from 28,230 apps
Applications28,230
Overall admit rate6.0%
Enrolled1,205 · 70.9% yield
Admitted from waitlist2,497
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsTest scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1520
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1440–1550 · 69.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W720750770
Math720770790
Comp144015201550
ACT
255075
Comp323435
Cost & aid
$69,207
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$69,207
Fees$2,318
Room & board$20,920
Books$1,005
Avg need-based grant$73,787
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$24,255
Academics
7.9 : 1
student-faculty ratio
98.0% retention
Student-faculty7.9 : 1
Retention98.0%
6-year graduation95.0%
Enrollment
undergraduates
97.0% out-of-state · 154 intl freshmen
First-year1,205
Transfer40
Full-time96%
Female48%
Out-of-state97.0%
International (freshmen)154
Rankings
#5
Niche
Best Colleges in America
SourceListRankYr
NicheBest Colleges in America#526
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#626
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#726
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#826
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#1326
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#1726
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#3926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceThe Ivy League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew Hampshire colleges2
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Regular decision1/3 → Early April → 1-May
Early decision11/1 → mid-December · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLadmissions.dartmouth.edu
Admissions emailapply@dartmouth.edu
Admissions phone603-646-1110
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Yale University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%
Princeton University NJ · Private (nonprofit)4.4%15305K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Brown University RI · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15407K
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%10K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Dartmouth College

23 years of Dartmouth College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.