Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
41.5%
2,373 admitted
SAT · 50th
1380
Range 1340–1440
6-yr grad
73.7%
Retention 93.0%
Undergrads
2,140
8:1 S-F
Admissions
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41.5%
2,373 admitted
from 5,719 apps
Applications5,719
Overall admit rate41.5%
Enrolled485 · 20.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist8 of 335
Very important factorsGPA, Character, Class rank, Demonstrated interest, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Important factorsApplication essay, Extracurriculars, Interview
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1380
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1340–1440 · 13.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W680710730
Math660680710
Comp134013801440
ACT
255075
Comp293132
Cost & aid
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$71,100
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$71,100
Fees$55
Room & board$18,650
Books$1,324
Avg need-based grant$54,207
% need met98.7%
Academics
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8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
93.0% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention93.0%
4-year graduation67.8%
6-year graduation73.7%
Enrollment
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2,140
undergraduates
36 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates2,140
First-year485
Transfer13
Full-time99%
Female59%
International (freshmen)36
Rankings
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#34
Forbes
Best Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)
SourceListRankYr
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#3426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#4526
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#10926
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#21626
NicheBest Colleges in America#33826
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceCentennial Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingPennsylvania colleges21
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early decisionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyDickinson College has a test-optional policy
Admissions URLhttps://www.dickinson.edu/homepage/279/a…
Admissions emailadmissions@dickinson.edu
Admissions phone644-1773
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Gettysburg College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Gettysburg College PA · Private (nonprofit)40.1%—1K
Franklin and Marshall College PA · Private (nonprofit)28.2%13801K
Bucknell University PA · Private (nonprofit)32.2%1270—
Lafayette College PA · Private (nonprofit)31.2%14202K
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Goucher College MD · Private (nonprofit)79.4%12301K
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 — Dickinson College

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