Dartmouth accepted 1,702 students to the Class of 2029, according to the Dartmouth News. Regular decision and early decision applicants totaled 28,230, a drop of almost 11% from a year earlier.
The overall admissions rate was 6%, higher than last year’s record low of 5.3%.
“Dartmouth has had a durable increase in application volume since 2020,” dean of admissions and financial aid Lee Coffin wrote in a Dartmouth News press release. “Our pool continues to be wide and deep, with a 32% increase over the pool we evaluated five years ago.”
This was the first admissions cycle since the reinstatement of Dartmouth’s standardized test requirement in February 2024. It also follows the College’s announcement earlier this month that tuition for the coming year would increase 4.75% to $91,935.
Tuition at the College has steadily increased. Since the academic year starting in September 2020, tuition will have jumped 20%, from $76,480, according to a continuing disclosure document filed by the Trustees of Dartmouth College on Dec. 20, 2024.
However, 27% of admitted students this year qualified for free tuition and 310 students qualified for the Britt Scholarship — a scholarship bequest that eliminates parent contributions for families with a yearly income between $65,000 and $125,000 and typical assets.
In total, the College offered more than $52.6 million in need-based scholarships to admitted students, with an average aid award of $70,607, according to today's release. A record high 22% of U.S. citizens and permanent residents qualified for a Pell Grant, a federal aid grant for students from low-income households.
Students admitted through regular decision this evening will join those accepted last December through early decision and the QuestBridge program — a national access program for high-achieving, low-income students. The College aims to matriculate 1,185 freshmen.
This is also the first cycle since the College joined the Students from Rural and Small Towns Network — which supports applicants from rural areas. According to the release, 15% of admitted students live in rural areas.
Accepted applicants hail from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 57 other countries.
“Dartmouth’s geographic axis continues to shift towards these important growth areas,” Coffin wrote.
Kelsey Wang is a reporter and editor for The Dartmouth from the greater Seattle area, majoring in history and government. Outside of The D, she likes to crochet, do jigsaw puzzles and paint.
