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Dartmouth College
Dartmouth is a private, four year liberal arts institution established on December 13, 1769 making it the ninth oldest college in the United States. It has a rich endowment of $3.1 billion dollars which makes it the seventh wealthiest college if you look at funds available per student. It is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and is a member of the Ivy League. It offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The college not only offers liberal arts program but also medical, engineering and business programs. It has about 53 programs in all thus making it the size of a university.
Some of the popular graduate and undergraduate students that studied at Dartmouth College include Chief Justice of the United States Salmon P. Chase, Four Pulitzer Prizes Winner Robert Frost, Current U.S Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson Jr., Vice President of the U.S Nelson Rockefeller and New Hampshire Senator and U.S Secretary of State Daniel Webster.
Reputation
The college has an excellent reputation within the country and also all over the world for its quality research, student-faculty interaction, off-campus programs and a diverse student body represented by students from all over the country and world. According to the 2007 rankings released by U.S. News, the college is ranked ninth in the country for undergraduate programs.
Programs
The university offers many programs in various areas of study including:
- Animal Physiology
- Anthropology
- Applied Mathematics, Other
- Archaeology
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation
- Art, General
- Asian Studies/Civilization
- Biochemistry
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General
- Business/Managerial Operations, Other
- Chemistry, General
- Classics and Classical Lang., Lit., & Linguistics
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, General
- Engineering, General
- Engineering, Other
- English Language and Literature, General
- Film/Cinema Studies
- French Language and Literature
- Geography
- Geology/Earth Science, General
- German Language and Literature
- History, General
- Humanities/Humanistic Studies
- Italian Language and Literature
- Lib. Art & Sci., Gen. Stud. & Human., Oth.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
- Linguistics
- Mathematics, General
- Medicine (MD)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
- Music, General
- Music, Other
- Pharmacology, Human and Animal
- Philosophy
- Physics, Other
- Political Science and Government, General
- Psychology, General
- Psychology, Other
- Religion/Religious Studies
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Russian Language and Literature
- Russian Studies
- Social Sciences, General
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other
- Women's Studies
Student Body
Number of undergraduate student enrollment is about 4,464. Number of graduate students is about 1,639. The university has a large number of out of state students of 97%. The minority representation in the college is 3% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 12% Asian/Pacific Islander, 6% Black/Non-Hispanic and 6% Hispanic/Latino. The faculty strength is about 940.
Student Life
For students who are willing to live on campus the college has a campus hall that can accommodate 3,000 students. There is meal service availability also. Types of residences include Sorority houses, Married student housing off campus, Coed residence halls, Fraternity houses and International halls. Number of registered organizations is 250; Number of social fraternities is 14 and Number of social sororities’ is 8. The university has variety of on-campus activities which include academic clubs, television station, theatre/drama, choir, concert band, newspaper, orchestra, religious activities, sports, minority cultural activities and much more.
Press
There are two departments in the Dartmouth College which publishes the news about the college, Media Relations Department and the Periodicals Department which develops web content, issues press releases and produces printed periodicals.
About the Website
Dartmouth has a vibrant and a raw look to its website. The website is pretty straight forward and one does not need to search a lot to get the information you need. Links to information for prospective students is conveniently located on the right side of the page under resources. And there is a feature called quick links which takes you to places like Academic Calendars, Academic Departments, Administrative Departments, Admissions & Financial Aid, Ask Dartmouth, Athletics, Campus Maps, Community Relations, Computing, Courses, Employment Opportunities, Events Calendar, Giving to Dartmouth, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hood Museum of Art, Library, Parents & Families, Registrar and Visiting Dartmouth. The best thing about this feature is that you can customize the links that you want to see on their homepage every time you visit the website. Then there are news related links and events on the left side of the page for the visitors.
Languages
English
Address
- Computing Services, 6028 Baker/Berry Library
- Hanover NH 03755 US
Additional Information
Related Domains
External Links
- Alexa: Dartmouth.edu
