Dartmouth College
What Dartmouth College's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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Early DecisionDartmouth College
Dartmouth College's ED number is inflated.
22% of Early Decision applicants get in, but that pool includes recruited athletes and legacies, admitted at far higher rates. Without them, our estimate is about 17%. Everyone else: 3.8%.
ED, as reported22%
ED, without hooks (estimate)≈17%
Everyone else3.8%
Source: Dartmouth College's Common Data Set 2025-26; hooked share is an estimate (A12)
MoneyDartmouth College
Dartmouth College meets 100% of need.
The average need-based grant is $71,873 a year, against tuition of $69,207.
Average grant$72k
Tuition$69k
Source: Dartmouth College's Common Data Set 2025-26
Early DecisionDartmouth College
64% of Dartmouth College's class is filled in Early Decision.
That leaves about 437 seats for 24,678 applicants outside ED.
Admitted Early Decision64%
Everyone else36%
Source: Dartmouth College's Common Data Set 2025-26
6 more things the data says PRO
- ED applicants were admitted at 22%, against 3.8% for everyone else: 5.7 times the rate.
- After ED, 437 of 1,205 seats were left for 24,678 other applicants: about one seat for every 56.
- Early Decision filled about 64% of the 2025-26 first-year class, more than 82% of similar colleges.
- It reports meeting 100% of financial need for first-years who have need.
- Women were admitted at a lower rate: 5.6% for women against 6.5% for men.
- Applications rose 28% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (22,033 to 28,230).
What students say PRO
From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.
- Of the 30 admits who named a round, 21 applied Regular Decision, 8 Early Decision and 1 Early Action.
- Many admits led for years: class or student-body president, club president, team or debate captain.
- Around 20 admits did real research, often with a mentor or lab, and several had a paper, preprint or presentation.
- Many admits started something of their own: a nonprofit, club, app, business or website that others used.
- A lot of admits did debate, speech, mock trial or Model UN, often as captain or president.
- Early Decision deferrals are common, and students report only a minority are later admitted; some are, some are rejected.
- Alumni interviews are offered to many but not all; students say plenty of admits had none and a good interview does not guarantee a yes.
- SAT or ACT scores are required again for US applicants, and Dartmouth encourages sending them even if lower.
- Students report international applicants face especially low odds, and many admits come from feeder schools.
- Dartmouth is described as need-blind with generous aid, and several international admits report near-full aid packages.
Every number, year by year: Dartmouth College on Open College Data.