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Dartmouth College Data & Information Overview

66 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
6% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Dartmouth College Ranked?

#12 Best Colleges in Nation
#1 Best Colleges in NH
Political Science & Government Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Dartmouth College was awarded 66 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is political science & government.

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Overall Quality

Dartmouth landed the #12 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Dartmouth held the #25 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Dartmouth is also ranked #1 out of 17 schools in New Hampshire.

See all of the rankings for Dartmouth College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Dartmouth?

6% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
42% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Dartmouth College has a very low acceptance rate of 6%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Dartmouth just in case you don't make the cut.

Average Test Scores

About 42% of students accepted to Dartmouth submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 740 and 780. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Dartmouth College  ( 740 to 780 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Dartmouth College  ( 760 to 800 )
200
800
Dartmouth received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 33 and 35.

ACT Composite Scores for Dartmouth College  ( 33 to 35 )
1
36

Learn more about Dartmouth College admissions.

Dartmouth College Faculty

7 to 1 Student to Faculty
81% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Dartmouth it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Dartmouth College is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  81 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Dartmouth College

98% Freshmen Retention
88% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 98% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Dartmouth College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  98 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Dartmouth the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 88%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  88 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Dartmouth College.

Dartmouth College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,169 Full-Time Undergraduates
38.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
48.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,170 undergraduates at Dartmouth with 4,169 being full-time and 1 being part-time.

How Much Does Dartmouth College Cost?

$31,120 Net Price
43% Take Out Loans
$25,616 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Dartmouth is $31,120. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Dartmouth

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$2,438 $4,073 $5,903 $17,440 $55,770

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Dartmouth, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Dartmouth, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $6,404 a year. That adds up to $25,616 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Dartmouth Graduates Make?

$97,434 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth make about $97,434 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Dartmouth students since it is 98% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Dartmouth College make the most money.

Location of Dartmouth College

New Hampshire State
4,169 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. The surrounding location of Hanover is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Dartmouth are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 207 Parkhurst Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3529
Phone: 603-646-1110
Website: www.dartmouth.edu/

Dartmouth College Majors

63 Majors With Completions
4,700 Undergraduate Degrees
4,700 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 63 majors graduated from Dartmouth College. Of these students, 4,700 received undergraduate degrees and 4,700 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Germanic Languages 273 NA
Economics 170 $94,675
Computer Science 165 $132,919
Business Administration & Management 153 NA
Political Science & Government 153 $72,618
General Engineering 134 NA
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 124 NA
Engineering Science 122 $89,929
Medicine 99 NA
Child Development & Psychology 71 $42,947

Learn more about the majors offered at Dartmouth College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Dartmouth

2% Take At Least One Class Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 117 students took at least one online class at Dartmouth College. This is a decrease from the 144 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 117 0
2021-2022 144 0
2020-2021 5,374 3,582
2018-2019 140 0

Learn more about online learning at Dartmouth College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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