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Dartmouth College

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $41 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $87,793.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $97,434 ten years after entering, the 97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 96% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1769
Enrollment, 2023
7,360
Website
home.dartmouth.edu
Campus of Dartmouth College

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Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

From the Wikipedia article “Dartmouth College”, revision 1364260969, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $87,793 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $41 and $52,036 a year depending on income at Dartmouth College.

Statement of cost · Dartmouth College

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$87,793
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$41
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$29,519
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$68,268

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $41; $30–48k: $489; $48–75k: $2,695; $75–110k: $8,534; over $110k: $52,036. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$41
$30k–$48k$489
$48k–$75k$2,695
$75k–$110k$8,534
Over $110k$52,036

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $97,434; the median graduate who borrowed owes $17,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$82,541
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$97,905
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$97,434
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
13th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$17,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$15,157

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $82,541; 8 yrs after entry: $97,905; 10 yrs after entry: $97,434. Median graduate debt: $17,500. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $17,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$82,541
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$97,905
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$97,434
Median graduate debt$17,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Dartmouth College
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
EconomicsBachelor's Degree196$153,295$18,400
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree182$101,103$17,500
Engineering, GeneralMaster's Degree155not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree150$244,019not reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree148not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree136$192,848$18,490
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree86$75,571$17,030
Public HealthMaster's Degree86not reportednot reported
Engineering ScienceBachelor's Degree79$99,468$17,083
Geography and Environmental StudiesBachelor's Degree78not reportednot reported
MedicineFirst Professional Degree74$116,713not reported
MathematicsBachelor's Degree64not reported$11,617
Show all 21 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Applied StatisticsBachelor's Degree53not reportednot reported
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree51not reported$18,194
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree46not reportednot reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree43$90,619$20,407
HistoryBachelor's Degree41$95,866$19,000
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree40$71,866$18,061
Area StudiesBachelor's Degree39$91,237$16,520
SociologyBachelor's Degree39$74,367$19,250
Public HealthFirst Professional Degreenot reported$117,455not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Dartmouth College: 4,541 undergraduates; 14% of students receive Pell grants; 5% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

5%

1st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

4,541

92nd percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

14%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

10th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

96%

finish within 150% of normal time

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

17%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$68,456

80th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k20%
  • $30k–$48k12%
  • $48k–$75knot reported
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k20%
$30k–$48k12%
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,881 people who studied at Dartmouth College, most often in science & academia (31%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 31% (1,292 people); medicine 2.0% (84 people); law 10% (424 people); politics & gov 13% (521 people); business 4.8% (200 people); engineering & tech 1.8% (73 people); writing & journalism 9.3% (385 people); film & stage 3.3% (138 people); music 1.1% (44 people); visual arts 1.8% (77 people); sports 19% (809 people); religion 1.1% (47 people); military 1.4% (60 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,29231.1%
medicine842.0%
law42410.2%
politics & gov52112.5%
business2004.8%
engineering & tech731.8%
writing & journalism3859.3%
film & stage1383.3%
music441.1%
visual arts771.8%
sports80919.5%
religion471.1%
military601.4%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (688) · basketball player (561) · politician (455) · lawyer (383) · university teacher (302) · writer (183) · judge (139) · journalist (135)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 3% for the 1840s to 32% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 17 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1730snot reported1not reported
1740snot reported1not reported
1750snot reported16not reported
1760snot reported20not reported
1770snot reported33not reported
1780snot reported38not reported
1790snot reported48not reported
1800snot reported39not reported
1810snot reported48not reported
1820snot reported56not reported
1830snot reported43not reported
1840s1353%
1850s1472%
1860snot reported42not reported
1870snot reported42not reported
1880snot reported63not reported
1890snot reported85not reported
1900s31063%
1910snot reported105not reported
1920snot reported165not reported
1930s31632%
1940s41972%
1950s4217519%
1960s4711429%
1970s388431%
1980s357432%
1990s287527%
2000s71532%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 78,937 in 2020-04.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0639,946
2026-0551,757
2026-0446,879
2026-0352,575
2026-0255,561
2026-0152,131
2025-1259,182
2025-1150,780
2025-1056,088
2025-0951,626
2025-0856,836
2025-0746,688
2025-0648,261
2025-0554,238
2025-0457,595
2025-0364,642
2025-0250,138
2025-0157,736
2024-1266,228
2024-1162,994
2024-1060,178
2024-0960,845
2024-0855,231
2024-0753,504
2024-0664,646
2024-0562,811
2024-0459,622
2024-0365,586
2024-0260,072
2024-0171,234
2023-1270,467
2023-1175,811
2023-1061,100
2023-0959,683
2023-0861,137
2023-0760,952
2023-0664,314
2023-0561,132
2023-0467,991
2023-0368,612
2023-0258,924
2023-0169,577
2022-1267,432
2022-1158,417
2022-1063,665
2022-0956,986
2022-0861,969
2022-0762,421
2022-0656,776
2022-0555,052
2022-0454,866
2022-0353,403
2022-0252,301
2022-0163,219
2021-1263,819
2021-1156,879
2021-1062,219
2021-0957,305
2021-0858,732
2021-0759,618
2021-0646,353
2021-0552,609
2021-0458,839
2021-0362,572
2021-0253,601
2021-0169,360
2020-1268,349
2020-1173,620
2020-1065,448
2020-0958,343
2020-0857,666
2020-0758,410
2020-0657,572
2020-0578,924
2020-0478,937
2020-0364,744
2020-0266,718
2020-0168,572
2019-1278,754
2019-1177,070
2019-1076,410
2019-0971,407
2019-0870,153
2019-0774,382
2019-0657,424
2019-0559,830
2019-0457,939
2019-0367,627
2019-0253,827
2019-0163,864
2018-1264,017
2018-1166,454
2018-1074,598
2018-0963,159
2018-0862,774
2018-0754,494
2018-0661,461
2018-0562,841
2018-0471,641
2018-0375,331
2018-0264,619
2018-0169,545
2017-1275,777
2017-1171,336
2017-1071,145
2017-0960,474
2017-0860,613
2017-0757,392
2017-0656,920
2017-0563,177
2017-0467,832
2017-0368,205
2017-0263,068
2017-0166,399
2016-1264,634
2016-1172,544
2016-1075,983
2016-0967,085
2016-0861,605
2016-0764,481
2016-0659,039
2016-0568,817
2016-0473,011
2016-0371,780
2016-0268,147
2016-0165,553
2015-1269,666
2015-1168,212
2015-1071,131
2015-0967,270
2015-0862,731
2015-0759,638

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Owen Chamberlain Physics 1959
  • George Davis Snell Medicine 1980
  • Karl Barry Sharpless Chemistry 2001
  • Karl Barry Sharpless Chemistry 2022

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 14 portraits

Also recorded: George Davis Snell.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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