Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA · Private nonprofit42.1%
Acceptance rate
$32,191
Avg net price
2,157
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 601Master’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 108Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 80Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 64Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 35Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 1 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Centennial Conference
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
530 unique student-athletes · 25 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Action
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Regular Decision applicants may change their application to Early Decision II by submitting the Early Decision Agreement no later than Jan. 28
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or Dickinson FlexApp
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,100
- Required fees
- $550
- Food and housing
- $17,100
- Books and supplies
- $1,324
- Other expenses
- $2,018
- Total
- $86,092
- $73,8792019–2019–20
- $74,4472020–2120–21
- $77,2372021–2221–22
- $80,5412022–2322–23
- $83,2272023–2423–24
- $86,0922024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $32,191 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 64%
- Average share of need met
- 99.3%
- Average need-based grant
- $55,321
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, State aid form, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Dickinson College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Dickinson College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Dickinson College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Dickinson College admits in-state applicants at 50.5%, out-of-state applicants at 52.4%, and international applicants at 13.4%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
485 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 19% in 2022–23, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
13% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
4% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 28% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 28% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Dickinson College rates 7 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Dickinson College leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Dickinson College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $91,624 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $32,191 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 311 of 485 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $91,624
Averages among the 311 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Dickinson College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Dickinson College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
88.7% of Dickinson College’s first-years return for a second year and 83.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03