Freedom is made safe through character and learning[1]
College newspaper
The Dickinsonian
Type
Private liberal arts college
Established
1773; 251 years ago (1773)
Academic affiliations
Oberlin Group CLAC NAICU Annapolis Group
Endowment
$583 million (2022)[2]
President
John E. Jones III
Academic staff
272
Undergraduates
2,420[3]
Location
Carlisle
,
Pennsylvania
,
United States
Campus
College Town, 170 acres (69 ha)
Colors
Red & white
Nickname
Red Devils
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – Centennial
Website
dickinson.edu
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated
July 1, 1947[4]
Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783,[5] making it the first college to be founded after the formation of the United States. Dickinson was founded by Benjamin Rush, a Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence. The college is named in honor of John Dickinson, a Founding Father who voted to ratify the Constitution and later served as governor of Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Norris Dickinson. They donated much of their extensive personal libraries to the new college.[6]
Dickinson School of Law, founded in 1834 as the college's law department, is located adjacent to the college campus. Dickinson School of Law received an independent charter in 1890 and ended its affiliations with the college in 1917.[7] In 2000, it merged with Penn State University and serves as Penn State's law school.
^"The College Seal". Dickinson College. n.d. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
^As of March 7, 2022. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^"Enrollment Data". Dickinson College. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^"PHMC Historical Markers Search" (Searchable database). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
^"Dickinson Facts". Dickinson College. Archived from the original on April 5, 2007.
^Butterfield, L.H. (1948). "Benjamin Rush and the Beginning of John and Mary's College Over the Susquehanna". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. III (3). Oxford Journals: 427–442. doi:10.1093/jhmas/III.3.427.
^"The Dickinson Story". The Dickinson Story. Dickinson College.
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