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#129 Dickinson College
CITY & STATE
Carlisle, PA
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Private
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION*
2,241
STUDENT POPULATION*
2,249
AVERAGE GRANT AID*
$39,554
TOTAL ANNUAL COST*
$80,541
ALUMNI SALARY‡
$115,700
ACCEPTANCE RATE*
35%
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- * Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS
- ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale.
Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., is a private liberal arts college that equips students with global and sustainable perspectives. Chartered in 1783, Dickinson is the 16th-oldest college in the country. Of the college’s 46 majors, international business, political science and biochemistry are the most popular. Average class sizes contain less than 20 students. Dickinson presents a number of opportunities for students to expand their knowledge through research, internships, service-learning or field-experience courses—of
On forbes lists
#75
In Private Colleges#31
In Liberal Arts Universities#57
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BY THE NUMBERS
Attendance
FULL-TIME
95%
PART-TIME
5%
*Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Race/ Ethnicity
*Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Gender
MALE
42%
FEMALE
58%
*Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS
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