Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private nonprofit college in Hanover, NH. Its average net price is $26,707 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$1,399
$30,001 to $48,000Not published
$48,001 to $75,000$1,680
$75,001 to $110,000$11,641
$110,001 and up$56,894
$71,525Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$71,525Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$26,707Average Net Price
$20,920Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$1,005Books and Supplies
$2,040Other Expenses
17.3%Students on Pell Grants
15.3%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

5.4%Acceptance Rate
740 to 780SAT Reading, Middle Half
760 to 790SAT Math, Middle Half
33 to 35ACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$98,535
8 years after entry$105,830
10 years after entry$111,162
95.3%Graduation Rate
98.4%Retention Rate
$13,000Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Hanover, NHLocation
Remote townSetting
4,541Undergraduate Enrollment
Private nonprofitControl

Programs and What They Pay

Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.

MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Anthropology$34,245 National median for this major n=8,063Not published
Applied Statistics$62,525 National median for this major n=37Not published
Area Studies$65,279 Small program - rough guide n=42Not published
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other$45,787 National median for this major n=34Not published
Astronomy and Astrophysics$41,014 National median for this major n=614Not published
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$43,049 National median for this major n=8,694Not published
Biology$42,777 Small program - rough guide n=39$16,000 Small program - rough guide n=42
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$70,896 National median for this major n=5,750Not published
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences$41,457 National median for this major n=2,766Not published
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Classical and Ancient Studies$33,774 National median for this major n=168Not published
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$33,198 National median for this major n=732Not published
Cognitive Science$48,492 National median for this major n=2,112Not published
Computer Science$137,406 Small program - rough guide n=75$11,000 Small program - rough guide n=53
Data Science$76,968 National median for this major n=322Not published
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$29,768 National median for this major n=14,923Not published
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$36,286 National median for this major n=1,258Not published
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$34,501 National median for this major n=3,700Not published
Economics$115,308 n=137$14,833 Small program - rough guide n=76
Engineering$72,868 National median for this major n=2,850$21,500 Small program - rough guide n=32
Engineering Physics$71,501 National median for this major n=458Not published
Engineering Science$72,248 National median for this major n=427$11,755 Small program - rough guide n=46
English Language and Literature, General$48,457 Small program - rough guide n=31Not published
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925Not published
Ethnic and Gender Studies$38,739 National median for this major n=5,496Not published
Film/Video and Photographic Arts$31,110 National median for this major n=12,988Not published
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other$36,977 National median for this major n=166Not published
Geography and Cartography$59,300 Small program - rough guide n=30Not published
Geography and Environmental Studies$40,570 National median for this major n=35$14,833 Small program - rough guide n=46
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$45,534 National median for this major n=4,652Not published
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$39,364 National median for this major n=755Not published
History$38,156 National median for this major n=20,617Not published
Languages and Linguistics$33,703 National median for this major n=4,034Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048Not published
Mathematics$93,979 Small program - rough guide n=33Not published
Mathematics and Statistics, Other$78,735 Small program - rough guide n=37Not published
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$43,178 National median for this major n=246Not published
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$47,819 National median for this major n=24,237Not published
Music$33,156 National median for this major n=13,251Not published
Neurobiology and Neurosciences$37,389 National median for this major n=7,500Not published
Philosophy$37,154 National median for this major n=6,052Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$75,950 n=117$14,751 Small program - rough guide n=88
Psychology$37,251 National median for this major n=100,431Not published
Religion/Religious Studies$28,307 National median for this major n=4,315Not published
Research and Experimental Psychology$57,478 Small program - rough guide n=40Not published
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$35,087 National median for this major n=7,289Not published
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$40,236 National median for this major n=8,855Not published
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$41,787 National median for this major n=353Not published
Sociology$67,796 Small program - rough guide n=34Not published
Statistics$68,688 National median for this major n=3,096Not published
Studio Art$31,108 National median for this major n=25,748Not published

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