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| Latin: Collegium Dartmuthense | |
| Motto | Vox clamantis in deserto (Latin – A Biblical reference to John the Baptist in the New Testament) |
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Motto in English | "A voice crying out in the wilderness"[1] |
| Type | Private research university |
| Established | December 13, 1769[2] |
| Accreditation | NECHE |
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| Endowment | $8.5 billion (2021)[3] |
| Budget | $1.2 billion (2022)[4] |
| President | Sian Beilock |
| Provost | David F. Kotz |
Academic staff | 943 (fall 2018)[1] |
Administrative staff | 2,938 full time, 328 part time (fall 2018)[5] |
| Students | 6,746 (fall 2023)[6] |
| Undergraduates | 4,447 (fall 2023)[6] |
| Postgraduates | 2,299 (fall 2023)[6] |
| Location | Hanover , New Hampshire , United States 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W |
| Campus | Remote town[7], 31,869 acres (128.97 km2) (total) |
| Newspaper | The Dartmouth |
| Colors | Dartmouth green and white[8] |
| Nickname | Big Green |
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| Website | dartmouth.edu |
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Dartmouth College (/ˈdɑːrtməθ/; DART-məth) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Emerging into national prominence at the turn of the 20th century, Dartmouth has since been considered among the most prestigious undergraduate colleges in the United States.[9]
Although originally established to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life, the university primarily trained Congregationalist ministers during its early history before it gradually secularized. While Dartmouth is now a research university rather than simply an undergraduate college, it continues to go by "Dartmouth College" to emphasize its focus on undergraduate education.
Following a liberal arts curriculum, Dartmouth provides undergraduate instruction in 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs, including 60 majors in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, and enables students to design specialized concentrations or engage in dual degree programs.[10] In addition to the undergraduate faculty of arts and sciences, Dartmouth has four professional and graduate schools: the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, and the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.[11] The university also has affiliations with the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center. Dartmouth is home to the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Hood Museum of Art, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts. With a student enrollment of about 6,700, Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League. Undergraduate admissions are highly selective with an acceptance rate of 5.3% for the class of 2028, including a 3.8% rate for regular decision applicants.[12]
Situated on a terrace above the Connecticut River, Dartmouth's 269-acre (109 ha) main campus is in the rural Upper Valley region of New England.[13] The university functions on a quarter system, operating year-round on four ten-week academic terms.[14] Dartmouth is known for its undergraduate focus, Greek culture, and campus traditions.[15][16] Its 34 varsity sports teams compete intercollegiately in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. The university has many prominent alumni, including 170 members of the United States Congress,[17] 24 U.S. governors, 8 U.S. Cabinet secretaries, 3 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 U.S. Supreme Court justices, and a U.S. vice president. Other notable alumni include 81 Rhodes Scholars,[18] 26 Marshall Scholarship recipients,[19] 13 Pulitzer Prize recipients, 10 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies,[20] and 51 Olympic medalists.[21]
- ^ a b "Dartmouth Grad Guide" (PDF). Dartmouth College. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ Sketches of the alumni of Dartmouth college Archived April 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Page 108, The New Hampshire Repository, Volumes 1–2, William Cogswell, Publisher: Alfred Prescott, 1846
- ^ As of October 11, 2021. "Endowment Growth Supports the Dartmouth Community". Dartmouth. October 11, 2021. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ Correspondent, Damien Fisher Union Leader (March 10, 2021). "Dartmouth approves $1.2 billion budget, tuition hikes". UnionLeader.com.
- ^ "Dartmouth at a Glance". Trustees of Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Common Data Set 2023–2024" (PDF). Dartmouth College. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "College Navigator – Dartmouth College". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Color Palette" (PDF). Dartmouth Athletics Visual Identity Guidelines. March 13, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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Eleazar Wheelock and the Adventurous Founding of Dartmouth Collegewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Departments & Programs—Arts & Sciences". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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usnwr-aagwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Dartmouth offers admission to 1,685 applicants for the Class of 2028". Dartmouth. March 30, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "Explore the Green". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
- ^ "A Flexible Study Plan". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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A Frat Party Is:; a) Milk and Cookies; b) Beer Pongwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hill Winds, Granite Brains, and Other Dartmouth Traditionswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Dartmouth alumni seek national, state political offices". The Dartmouth. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ "Jessica Chiriboga '24 and Zachary Lang '23 Named Rhodes Scholars". Dartmouth Now. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Statistics". Marshallscholarship.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ "Which Colleges and Universities Have the Most Alumni Who Are CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies?". academicinfluence.com. June 20, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ "Dartmouth Olympians". Dartmouth. Retrieved April 15, 2023.