Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
- Private nonprofit
- Town
- 4,541 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $26,707per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 95%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $111,16210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Under the D-Plan, the year has four terms including summer. Students are on campus for all of first year, the summer after sophomore year and two senior terms, and must take three terms off, at least one in a fall or spring.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 5%About 1 in 19 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1500–1570Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Dartmouth College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Admit rate in this report
- 6%1,699 admitted of 28,230 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 22%768 admitted of 3,552. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1440–155069% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 32–3533% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 96%99% were in the top quarter.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- Character and personal qualities
Important
- A talent or ability
Considered
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Dartmouth College Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $26,707full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $91,312sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $71,525Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 95%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $111,16210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 4,541Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Bentley University Waltham, MA — admits 45%
- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ — admits 48%
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA — admits 60%
- Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH — admits 78%
Also worth a look
- Brown University Providence, RI — admits 5%
- Duke University Durham, NC — admits 6%
- Barnard College New York, NY — admits 9%
- Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC — admits 22%
- Colgate University Hamilton, NY — admits 14%
- University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN — admits 11%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Dartmouth College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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