Dartmouth College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational college located in Hanover, New Hampshire. It was founded in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock. The college is a member of the Ivy League, and one of the Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. A side from its undergraduate liberal arts program, Dartmouth also has medical, engineering, and business schools. It also offers more than 15 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. The college enrolls more than 5,000 students annually. The campus is spread across an area of more than 250 acres.

Dartmouth's campus is home to more than 150 student organizations and clubs. The college also hosts more than 25 different religious organizations, which hold services, regular meetings and educational seminars.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, engineering, liberal arts, medicine, and conservation and resource management.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Selective admissions.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 5,848 in 2009-2010 (5,655 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 71% of enrolled students, graduate students are 24%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Dartmouth provides on-campus housing for 3,629 of its 5,655 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Ivy Group for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Dartmouth offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (253 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (26 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (24 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

ENGINEERING (180 awarded)

• Engineering Physics
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management

FINE ARTS (30 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (670 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Ancient Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• French Language and Literature
• French Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Spanish and Iberian Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (38 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICINE (154 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (11 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (7 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (33 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (192 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology
• Genetics
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (74 awarded)

• Cognitive Science
• Psychology