Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 2,273 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 42%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $28,634per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 77%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $83,42610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Founded by Benjamin Rush, Dickinson was the first college chartered in the newly recognized United States of America in 1783.
Source: Information About Dickinson
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 42%About 4 in 10 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%)
- 1310–1460Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. 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
- $28,634full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $85,984sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,580Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 77%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 92%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $83,42610 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,507federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,273Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 12%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA — admits 79%
- Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA — admits 81%
- Grove City College Grove City, PA — admits 72%
- Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA — admits 78%
Also worth a look
- Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA — admits 39%
- Alvernia University Reading, PA — admits 58%
- Clark University Worcester, MA — admits 40%
- Union College Schenectady, NY — admits 44%
- Furman University Greenville, SC — admits 43%
- Rhodes College Memphis, TN — admits 50%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Dickinson 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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