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The nation's ninth oldest college and a member of
the Ivy League, Dartmouth is a private, four-year, liberal arts, coeducational
college with schools of business, engineering and medicine as well as 16
graduate programs in the arts and sciences. Its 200-acre main campus features
state-of-the-art academic facilities including the new Berry Library, the Hood
Museum of Art, the Hopkins Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, and
the Rauner Special Collections Library.
Location: Hanover, N.H., on the Connecticut River; two hours
northwest of Boston, five hours north of New York City; accessible via
Interstates 89 and 91, or air carriers to Lebanon, N.H., airport. The college
is also accessible by bus and by Amtrak rail service from New York and
Washington, D.C.
History: Founded 1769 by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock for the education of
"youth of the Indian Tribes ... English Youth and others."
Coeducational since 1972. Nickname: "Big Green." Colors: Dartmouth
Green and white. Motto: "Vox clamantis in deserto" ("a voice
crying in the wilderness").
Academic Calendar: The Dartmouth Plan -- a year-round calendar of four
10-week terms -- allows flexibility in scheduling. Undergraduates must be on
campus freshman year, summer before junior year and senior year.
Annual Enrollment: (Fall 2001) Undergraduate
4,118. Graduate 1,377: Arts & Sciences 525; Medical School
277; Thayer 140; Tuck 435.
Financial Aid: Need-based; total awards 2001-02 -- approximately $43.1
million to 44 percent of Dartmouth's undergraduates. Admission to Dartmouth is
need-blind.
Full-Time Instructional Faculty: Arts and Sciences 265; Medical School
60; Thayer 18; Tuck 28. Total: 371. Doctorate or equivalent held by
more than 92 percent of Dartmouth's full-time instructional faculty.
Degrees Awarded: Bachelor's (AB, BE); master's (AM, MALS, MBA, ME, MS);
doctorate (PhD, MD); combined degrees (MBA/ME, MBA/MD, MBA/MS, MS/MEM).
Libraries: Eleven libraries on the College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center campuses. Holdings 2.3 million volumes, 20,000 periodicals and six
million pages of manuscripts; rich collection of electronic resources
including the library catalog, available on the campus network.
Computing: Since 1991, personal computer ownership required of all
undergraduates; dormitory rooms, classrooms and administrative buildings all
wired to extensive campus network; more than 12,000 personal computers and
workstations campus-wide.
Athletics: 34 intercollegiate varsity sports (16 women's, 16 men's, two
coed); 17 club sports; 24 intramural sports. Three-quarters of Dartmouth
undergraduates participate in some form of athletics.
Off-Campus Programs: Approximately 60 percent of undergraduates study in
35 programs in 16 countries.
Phone Contacts: (all area code 603) Public Affairs -- 646-3661; Admissions
(undergraduate) -- 646-2875; Affirmative Action -- 646-3197; Alumni Relations
-- 646-2258; Alumni Fund -- 646-3621; Alumni Records -- 646-2253; Athletics
Tickets -- 646-2466; Bequests and Trusts -- 646-2150; Career Services --
646-2215; Catalogs -- 2246; Conferences and Events -- 646-2923; Dean of the
College -- 646-2243; Medical Center Public Affairs -- 650-7041; Financial Aid
-- 646-2451; Graduate Studies -- 646-2106; Hanover Inn -- 643-4300; Health
Services -- 650-1400; Hood Museum -- 646-2808; Hopkins Center -- 646-2422;
Kiewit Computation Center -- 646-2643; Library -- 646-2560; Medical School
admissions -- 650-1505; Safety and Security -- 646-2234; Sports Publicity --
646-2468; Thayer School admissions -- 646-2606; Tuck School admissions --
646-3162; Tucker Foundation -- 646-3441. All others -- 646-1110.