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Dartmouth College
6016 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755

Official telephone: (603) 646-1110
Fax number: (603) 646-1216

Website: www.dartmouth.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009

Student ProfileTOP
Total undergraduates: 4,164
Full-time undergraduates: 4,109
Part-time undergraduates: 55
Total graduate students: 1,371
Full-time graduate students: 1,323
Part-time graduate students: 48
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 97%
First-year student breakdown:
7.4% Black (non-Hispanic)
3.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native
14.3% Asian or Pacific Islander
5.3% Hispanic
58.8% White (non-Hispanic)
5.7% total international (nonresident aliens)
4.7% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
Undergraduate breakdown:
7.3% Black (non-Hispanic)
3.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native
13.5% Asian or Pacific Islander
6.0% Hispanic
58.3% White (non-Hispanic)
5.5% total international (nonresident aliens)
5.6% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

Campus EnvironmentTOP
Campus size: 200 acres
City or town school is located in: Hanover
Population of city/town: 10,850
Nearest major city: Boston
Distance of nearest major city: 130 miles
Population of nearest major city: 589,141
Online campus map: www.dartmouth.edu/~maps

Living on CampusTOP
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: No. Housing is required during freshman year and guaranteed sophomore year. Most students who wish to live on campus their junior or senior years are able to do so.
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (81%)
  • sorority housing (3%)
  • fraternity housing (8%)
  • single-student apartments (4%)
  • special housing for international students
  • cooperative housing
  • other housing including Academic Affinity, special-interest housing, undergraduate societies (4%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 86%
Percent of students who live off campus: 14%
Students required to live on campus: All freshmen must live on campus.
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 25%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

Study FacilitiesTOP
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 250
Other computer facilities/services: Wireless network.
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Biomedical, business and engineering, physical sciences, health sciences, music, special collections, art, humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and general science libraries.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Center for the performing arts, museum, observatory, MRI, electron microscope, mass spectrometer, confocal microscopes, laser catapults.

Assistance ServicesTOP
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, health insurance, International Office, Office of Pluralism &Leadership, Native American Program, First Year Office.
Counseling services:
minority student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, graduate and professional school advising
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, braille services, Realtime captioning
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: mostly

Social ActivitiesTOP
Number of social fraternities on campus: 16
Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: 13
Percent of men who join fraternities: 43%
Number of social sororities on campus: 9
Number of sororities that have chapter houses: 6
Percent of women who join sororities: 40%
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station
School newspaper(s): Aegis, Main Street, Stone Fence Review, Word Magazine, Aporia, Cahier du Dartma, Collegiate Journal of Art, The Dartmouth Beacon, The Dartmouth Contemporary, The Dartmouth Independent, The Invisible Hand
Number of honor societies: 6
Total number of registered organizations: 330
Campus-based religious organizations:
Agape Christian Fellowship, Episcopal Campus Ministry, Faculty/Staff Christian Fellowship, Gospel Choir, Grace Student Fellowship, Hillel: Jewish Student Organization, Logos Community at Dartmouth, Navigators, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Our Savior Lut
Minority student organizations:
AfriCaSO, International Students Association, Italian Club, Korean American Students Association, La Alianza Latina, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Azlan, Milan, MOSAIC, Native Americans at Dartmouth, Russian Club, Vietnamese Student Association, Club Singapura, Women of Color Collective, American Indian Science and Engineering, Minority Association of Pre-Health Professionals, National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, Women in Business, Dartmouth Asian Organization, Dartmouth Black Business Association, Dartmouth Chinese Culture Society, Dartmouth Japan Society, Eastern European Cultural Society, Hokupa'a, German Club
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Chemistry Society, Architecture, Ledyard Canoe Club, Mountaineering Club, Organic Farm Club, Ski Patrol, Snowboarding Club, Winter Sports Club, Women in the Wilderness, Adult Basic Education (Hannah House), AIDS Workcrew, America READS, Coalition Against Abusive Relationships Everywhere, Big Sister/Connections, Blood Drives, Book Buddies, Connections, Cancer Society, ESL, First Book, Generations Project, Girls Mentoring, Habitat for Humanity, College Republicans, Haven Homework Club, Just for Kids, LEAD, Boys, Little Kids, North Country Weekend, Outdoor Leadership Experience (OLE), Oxbow Mentoring, Prison Project, Reach Out and Read, Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra, Relay For Life, Rivendell Boys Mentoring, Special Olympics, STAR, Students Fighting Hunger, Unite for Sight, Wishing Well, Dartmouth Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Dartmouth Oenosymposiai, Dartmouth Civil Liberties Union, Dartmouth Coalition for Life, Consulting Club, College Bowl, Darfur Action Group, Dartmouth International Humanitarian Foundation, Dartmouth Israel Public Awareness Committee, Dartmouth Rainbow Alliance, Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics, Dartmouth Union of Bogglers, Evelyn Waugh Society, History of Dartmouth Club, Progressives, Society for Stem Cell Research, Dartmouth Forensic Union, Students for Aftica, Triple Helix, Gay Straight Alliance, Independent Forum, Ivy Council at Dartmouth, Occum's Razors, UNICEF, Young Democrats, Art History Association, Club of Dartmouth Entrepreneurs, Ethics Society, College Student Interest Group of Neurology, Nathan Smith Premedical Society, Aires, Ballet Folklorico de Dartmouth, Casual Thursday, Chinese Dance Troupe, The Cords, Dartmouth Brass Society, Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra, Dartmouth Steel, Mathematics Society, Decibelles, Displaced Theater Company, Dodecaphonics, Dog Day Players, Far Off Broadway Productions, Final Cut, FUSION, Mystic Soul, Native Womens Dancing Society, Rockapellas, Mock Trial Society, Roots of Rhythm Gumboot Dance Troupe, SHEBA, Soul Scribes, Subleties, Vandana, X.ado, Aegis, Aporia, AREA, Collegiate Journal of Art, Model United Nations, The Dartmouth Beacon, The Dartmouth Free Press, The Dartmouth Independent, DTV, The Green Magazine, History and Classics Journal, The Invisible Hand, Jack-O-Latern, The Main Street, Stonefence Review, Parliamentary Debate Team, Word Magazine, Montage: the Dartmouth Film Journal, Queer, Squeezebox Music Magazine, Argentine Tango Society, Billards, Book Club, Creative Gaming, Dartmouth Association of Culinary Arts, Friday Night Rock, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Medieval Enthusiasts at Dartmouth, Swing Kids, Thursday Night Salsa, Black Underground Theatre Association, Celli Irish Dancers, Bait & Bullet, Boots & Saddles, Cabin & Trail, Cycling Club, Environmental Studies

AthleticsTOP
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Jo Ann (Josie) Harper,
Athletic Director
Director of women's athletics: Megan Drucker Sobel,
SWA
Athletic department's mailing address: Athletic Director
Richard Jaeger
Dartmouth College
Athletic Department
6083 Alumni Gym
Hanover,
School colors: green and white
Athletic conference memberships: Eastern College Athletic Conference (Division I, Football I-AA);Ivy Group (Division I, Football I-AA)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's Alpine skiingno 
Men's baseballnoNCAA Div. I
Men's basketballnoNCAA Div. I
Men's cross-countrynoNCAA Div. I
Men's footballnoNCAA Div. I
Men's golfnoNCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeynoNCAA Div. I
Men's lacrossenoNCAA Div. I
Men's Nordic skiingnoNCAA Div. I
Men's soccernoNCAA Div. I
Men's squashnoECAC, Ivy League
Men's swimmingnoNCAA Div. I
Men's tennisnoNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (indoor)noNCAA Div. I
Men's track and field (outdoor)noNCAA Div. I
Women's Alpine skiingno 
Women's basketballnoNCAA Div. I
Women's crewnoECAC
Women's cross-countrynoNCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeynoNCAA Div. I
Women's golfnoNCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeynoECAC
Women's lacrossenoNCAA Div. I
Women's Nordic skiingnoNCAA Div. I
Women's sailingno 
Women's soccernoNCAA Div. I
Women's softballnoNCAA Div. I
Women's squashnoECAC, Ivy League
Women's swimmingnoNCAA Div. I
Women's tennisnoNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (indoor)noNCAA Div. I
Women's track and field (outdoor)noNCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballnoNCAA Div. I
Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 35%
Percent of students in intramural/recreational sports: 75%
Athletic facilities:
basketball, volleyball arena, football field, gymnasium; fitness, tennis, weight training center, racquetball, softball field swimming pool, and squash courts


Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball, dodgeball, flag football, free throw, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, pool, racquetball, skiing, softball, soccer (indoor/outdoor), squash, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, Wiffle ball

Club sports for men:
badminton, boxing, cheerleading, cricket, cycling, fencing, figure skating, ice hockey, rugby, table tennis, tae kwon do, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, water polo.
Club sports for women:
badminton, boxing, cheerleading, cricket, cycling, fencing, figure skating, ice hockey, rugby, table tennis, tae kwon do, tennis, triathlon, ultimate Frisbee, water polo.

Getting AwayTOP
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Manchester (56 miles)
Nearest other airport: Boston (130 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: White River Junction (3 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Hanover (near campus)

Paying the BillsTOP
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 40%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: excellent
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

After GraduationTOP
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 21% immediately, 13% within one year of graduation, 51% within 5 years of graduation
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Boston University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Drexel University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Loyola University Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Teach for America, Mercer Oliver Wyman, Peace Corp, McKinsey & Co, Dartmouth College, Dewey Ballantine LLP, Opera Solutions, Rockefeller University, Goldman Sachs, Bain & Company, Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, Google, Inc, Parthenon Group, Steve & Barry's, JP Morgan
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, author and illustrator
  • Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey's Anatomy

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