- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Dickinson College
Carlisle, PACity: smallZIP 17013Founded 1783
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1783
- Motto
- Pietate et doctrina tuta libertas
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.dickinson.edu
PennsylvaniaPrivate nonprofit
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private nonprofit college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with 2,273 undergraduates. It admits 42% of applicants, graduates 74% within six years and costs $28,634 a year after aid.
74%graduate
Admission rate42%
Retention92%
4-year graduation62%
Pell Grant share17%
Federal loans46%
$28,634net price / year
42%admission rate
1391average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
$83,426median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,507median debt
#166 of 1,704 for earnings#1,409 of 1,739 for lowest net price#285 of 1,738 for graduation rate#180 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $85,984tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,580
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,580
- Average net price
- $28,634national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,989
$30,001–48,000$15,144
$48,001–75,000$14,531
$75,001–110,000$19,797
$110,001+$38,457
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 42%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1391
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 670–740
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 640–720
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 30–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college42%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college17%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 62%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 84%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,665
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $83,426middle 50%: $56,061–$120,510
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,507
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$120,510
Median, Dickinson College$83,426
Lower quarter$56,061
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,273
- Part-time
- 0.1%
- Women / men
- 60% / 40%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 12%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 81%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,034 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $19,764
- Endowment, end of year
- $627,548,242
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White67%
Hispanic7.6%
Black3.6%
Asian4.6%
Two or more races4.8%
U.S. nonresident12%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.7%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences18%
Biological & biomedical sciences13%
Business & management11%
Natural resources & conservation7.1%
Area, ethnic & gender studies7.1%
Computer & information sciences5.8%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies5.5%
Psychology5.5%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 212009. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1210045.