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Dartmouth at a Glance

Mission: "Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge."

Established in 1769 and a member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth is a superb undergraduate residential college with the intellectual character of a university, featuring thriving research and first-rate graduate and professional programs. The quality of the undergraduate experience is enhanced by close student-faculty interaction, opportunities for independent research, a broad range of off-campus programs, and a diverse student body. Graduate programs include Geisel School of Medicine, graduate programs in the Arts and Sciences, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business.

The Basics

  • Founded: 1769
  • Type: Four-year private, liberal arts
  • Affiliation: Ivy League
  • Students: Approximately 4,200 undergraduate, 1,900 graduate
  • Divisions: Undergraduate college with more than 40 departments and programs; graduate schools of arts and sciences, medicine, engineering, and business
  • Motto: Vox clamantis in deserto ("a voice crying out in the wilderness")
  • Color: Dartmouth Green
  • Nickname: Big Green
  • Academic calendar: Year-round, four-term

Enrollment, Admissions, Financial Aid

Enrollment (Fall 2010)

  • Undergraduate: 4,248 (2,143 men, 2,105 women)
  • Graduate/professional: 1,893 (1,099 men, 794 women)
  • Total enrollment head count: 6,141

Undergraduate Admissions

For the Class of 2014:

  • 18,778 applications
  • 1,139 students enrolled
  • Admission to the College is need-blind

Tuition and fees, 2011-12

  • Undergraduate: tuition $41,736; room, board, and mandatory fees $13,629; total $55,365
  • Graduate Arts and Sciences: $41,736
  • Geisel School of Medicine: $47,780
  • Thayer School of Engineering: $41,736
  • Tuck School of Business: $53,490

Financial Aid

  • Undergraduate financial aid expenditures, FY 2010: $70,090,323 (scholarships only)
  • Average three-term scholarship: approximately $35,000
  • Nearly 60 percent of undergraduates receive scholarships from Dartmouth

Faculty Head Counts (Fall 2010)

Tenured/Tenure-trackAll*
Arts and Sciences 380 560
School of Medicine 156 331
Thayer 27 52
Tuck 45 61
TOTAL 608 1,004
*All includes non-tenure-track

Research

President Jim Yong Kim

Diversity

  • Undergraduate students of color: 35 percent
  • International students: 8 percent
  • Graduate students of color: 15 percent
  • International graduate students: 29 percent

Staff Head Count (Fall 2010)

  • 2,723 full time
  • 333 part time

Operating Expenses FY 2010

  • $717 million

Undergraduate and Graduate Arts and Sciences

The Arts and Sciences consist of more than 40 academic departments and programs; top majors among 2010 graduates were economics, government, biology, English, history, and psychological and brain sciences. The Arts and Sciences has 380 tenured and tenure-track faculty members and is among the leaders in percentage of tenured women in the Ivy League. The first Dartmouth Ph.D. was awarded in classics in 1885, and the first modern doctoral programs began in the 1960s. More than 600 students are enrolled in 19 graduate programs in the Arts and Sciences.

Off-Campus Programs

Dartmouth undergraduates have the opportunity to study in over 48 off-campus programs in more than 20 countries. Number one in the Ivy League for study abroad, about two-thirds of undergraduates take part in an off-campus program at least once during their Dartmouth career.

Professional Schools

  • Geisel School of Medicine (GSM), is the nation's fourth-oldest medical school. GSM encompasses 16 clinical and basic science departments, and draws on the resources of Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
  • Thayer School of Engineering comprises both the undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences and a professional school with degrees through the doctorate.
  • Tuck School of Business is the first graduate school of management and consistently ranks among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck offers the full-time M.B.A. as well as executive education and a number of non-degree programs.

History

Dartmouth was founded in 1769 by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock for "the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land ... and also of English Youth and any others." The Supreme Court decision in the famous "Dartmouth College Case" of 1819, argued by Daniel Webster (Class of 1801), is considered to be one of the most important and formative documents in United States constitutional history, strengthening the contract clause of the Constitution and thereby paving the way for all American private institutions to conduct their affairs in accordance with their charters and without interference from the state. Dartmouth became coeducational in 1972, and was named by the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as one of the world's "most enduring institutions" in 2004.

Athletics

Dartmouth offers 34 intercollegiate varsity sports (16 women's, 16 men's, two coed); two dozen intramural sports; and over a dozen club sports. Three-quarters of Dartmouth undergraduates participate in some form of athletics.

Alumni

Fifty-seven thousand alumni of the undergraduate college, around the world, make up the bulk of Dartmouth's nearly 72,000 alumni, including the graduate and professional programs. The undergraduate alumni annual fund giving rate in 2010 was 49 percent.

The Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience

On December 31, 2009, Dartmouth College completed a seven-year, $1.3 billion fundraising effort, the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience. A total of 65,174 alumni, parents, friends, faculty, students, staff, and organizations participated in the campaign, including 70 percent of alumni. The campaign's achievements include dozens of initiatives that moved the curriculum into emerging fields of study, increased student scholarships, and provided faculty and students with the facilities and tools to do their best work.

Endowment

$3.413 billion (market value, excluding life income and annuity trusts, June 30, 2011.)

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