by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Dickinson College was awarded 462 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is international business/trade/commerce.
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Dickinson is ranked #379 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Dickinson is also ranked #22 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
If you're applying to Dickinson College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 48%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Dickinson it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Dickinson College is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Dickinson College has a freshmen retention rate of 92%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Dickinson the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 80%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Dickinson College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,932 undergraduates at Dickinson with 1,837 being full-time and 95 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,729 | $12,027 | $19,300 | $25,420 | $41,387 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Dickinson, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Dickinson, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,433 a year. That adds up to $25,732 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Dickinson is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Dickinson are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | College And Louther Streets, Carlisle, PA 17013-2896 |
| Phone: | 717-243-5121 |
| Website: | https://www.dickinson.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Dickinson |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/DickinsonCol |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| International Business | 69 | $56,304 |
| Economics | 55 | $48,684 |
| Political Science & Government | 55 | $38,322 |
| General Psychology | 45 | $36,712 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 29 | $32,617 |
| International Relations & National Security | 27 | NA |
| Area Studies | 26 | NA |
| General Biology | 25 | $23,461 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 24 | NA |
| General English Literature | 23 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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