Dartmouth College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 3.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 84 Title IV programs, 22 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 62 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing22 · 26.2%
- No Data62 · 73.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 7
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPG) - Graduate level program offered outside a school of public health
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationLiaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
- Jan 2022Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPG) - Graduate level program offered outside a school of public health
- Oct 2021Renewal of AccreditationLiaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
- Mar 2020Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 891 students received $5.4M in Pell grants, alongside $36.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 662 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Dartmouth College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 18
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus110
- Non-campus4
- Public property1
Includes 60 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin2
- Sexual orientation2
- Race1
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Goldstein Hall1 fireBurned piece of paper found in stairwell.Damage $0-$99
- Gile Hall1 fireFlyer found partly burned.Damage $0-$99
- Streeter Hall1 fireElectricalDamage $0-$99
- N Park Apartments 181 fireOtherDamage $1,000-$9,999
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Dartmouth College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Dartmouth College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectDartmouth College | 96% | — | 6,938 | $29,519 | R1 Research |
| 86% | 40.5% | 5,205 | $35,736 | R1 Research | |
| 96% | 5.4% | 11,956 | $25,184 | R1 Research | |
| 96% | 4.5% | 11,886 | $20,111 | R1 Research | |
| 94% | 11.5% | 13,599 | $39,998 | R1 Research | |
| 91% | 16.4% | 15,432 | $41,704 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 95% | 11.5% | 11,921 | $32,628 |
Institutions like Dartmouth College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Dartmouth College's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchMassachusetts
Brandeis University
Grad rate86%Admit rate40.5%Enrollment5,205Net price$35,736View data - R1 ResearchRhode Island
Brown University
Grad rate96%Admit rate5.4%Enrollment11,956Net price$25,184View data - R1 ResearchMassachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grad rate96%Admit rate4.5%Enrollment11,886Net price$20,111View data - R1 ResearchMassachusetts
Tufts University
Grad rate94%Admit rate11.5%Enrollment13,599Net price$39,998View data - R1 ResearchMassachusetts
Boston College
Grad rate91%Admit rate16.4%Enrollment15,432Net price$41,704View data
Dartmouth College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research provides timely and accurate analytical services and information, both to our internal and external constituents, for executive decision making and policy development. We coordinate these services in an objective, systematic, and thorough manner, in direct support of the College’s mission.
Visit IR office page- Libby BarlowSenior Associate Provost for Institutional Research
- Ray HelmAssociate Director
- Gareth CorderyAssistant Director for Accreditation and Assessment
- Yanmin ZhangSenior Research Analyst
- Pritish PonakaBusiness Intelligence Analyst
- Rett WeberSenior Research Analyst
- Lucas DubeResearch Analyst
Common Data Set
Dartmouth College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C128,230 applied → 1,699 admitted (6.0%) → 1,205 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Most selective — 6.0% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1440–1550 (median 1520).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 32–35 (median 34).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $92,940 (2026-2027).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $92,940 → about $21,067 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($71,873); 100% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H195% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H527% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $24,255 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 96%; first-year retention 98%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 3 pts below the overall rate (93% vs 96%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I361% of classes have under 20 students; 6% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~35% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B215% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B14,715 undergraduates and 2,558 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1689 transfer applicants → 68 admitted (9.9%) → 40 enrolled
Source publications
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