Dartmouth College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 4,541 students of which 5,017 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Dartmouth College is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 5.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,534 and an ACT midpoint of 34. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,519, with published in-state tuition of $68,268 and a Pell grant recipient share of 14.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 95.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 98.4%. Graduates earn a median of $97,434 ten years after enrolling, compared with $82,541 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 57600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 83.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.