Enrollment Trends at Dartmouth

The student population at Dartmouth College is 6,938 (4,637 undergraduate and 2,301 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 588 (9.26%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Dartmouth is 66.83% which is increased by 330 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 258 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 104 male students for every 100 female students, down from 110 in 2015.
40 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -98.88% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,593 where 6,938 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 6,938 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,292 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,350 to 6,938 students, a net gain of 588 (9.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dartmouth College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,350	4,307	2,191	2,116	2,043	1,128	915
2016-17	6,409 59	4,310 3	2,154 -37	2,156 40	2,099 56	1,106 -22	993 78
2017-18	6,509 100	4,410 100	2,246 92	2,164 8	2,099	1,119 13	980 -13
2018-19	6,572 63	4,418 8	2,251 5	2,167 3	2,154 55	1,134 15	1,020 40
2019-20	6,606 34	4,459 41	2,271 20	2,188 21	2,147 -7	1,119 -15	1,028 8
2020-21	6,292 -314	4,170 -289	2,142 -129	2,028 -160	2,122 -25	1,091 -28	1,031 3
2021-22	6,761 469	4,556 386	2,310 168	2,246 218	2,205 83	1,112 21	1,093 62
2022-23	6,744 -17	4,458 -98	2,274 -36	2,184 -62	2,286 81	1,131 19	1,155 62
2023-24	6,746 2	4,447 -11	2,276 2	2,171 -13	2,299 13	1,148 17	1,151 -4
2024-25	6,938 192	4,637 190	2,404 128	2,233 62	2,301 2	1,130 -18	1,171 20
Average	6,593	4,417	2,252	2,165	2,176	1,122	1,054

Dartmouth College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,417 where 4,637 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dartmouth College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,307	4,267	2,167	2,100	40	24	16
2016-17	4,310	4,270	2,137	2,133	40	17	23
2017-18	4,410	4,360	2,221	2,139	50	25	25
2018-19	4,418	4,357	2,219	2,138	61	32	29
2019-20	4,459	4,401	2,242	2,159	58	29	29
2020-21	4,170	4,169	2,141	2,028	1	1	0
2021-22	4,556	4,555	2,309	2,246	1	1	0
2022-23	4,458	4,457	2,273	2,184	1	1	0
2023-24	4,447	4,419	2,261	2,158	28	15	13
2024-25	4,637	4,608	2,391	2,217	29	13	16
Average	4,417	4,417	2,236	2,150	4,417	16	15

Dartmouth College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,176 where 2,301 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dartmouth College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,043	1,969	1,092	877	74	36	38
2016-17	2,099	2,028	1,080	948	71	26	45
2017-18	2,099	2,029	1,087	942	70	32	38
2018-19	2,154	2,079	1,102	977	75	32	43
2019-20	2,147	2,093	1,098	995	54	21	33
2020-21	2,122	2,078	1,071	1,007	44	20	24
2021-22	2,205	2,172	1,094	1,078	33	18	15
2022-23	2,286	2,244	1,110	1,134	42	21	21
2023-24	2,299	2,259	1,132	1,127	40	16	24
2024-25	2,301	2,234	1,085	1,149	67	45	22
Average	2,176	2,176	1,095	1,023	2,176	27	30

Dartmouth College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.76% and the percentage of black students is 5.29% at Dartmouth College. 12.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.04% to 42.76%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.04% to 12.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.48% to 5.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.12% to 8.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7883 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7517 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dartmouth College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	109	828	348	452	11	2,987	258
2016-17	109	854	365	507	14	3,087	259
2017-18	92	862	361	560	15	3,138	275
2018-19	89	901	333	562	13	3,199	275
2019-20	76	878	326	585	9	3,207	283
2020-21	73	850	327	570	6	3,011	297
2021-22	59	869	331	586	1	3,274	347
2022-23	57	824	349	567	1	3,079	378
2023-24	52	842	349	557	1	2,983	388
2024-25	56	843	367	601	2	2,967	421
Average	77	855	346	555	7	3,093	318

Dartmouth College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

40 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -98.88% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dartmouth College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,350	0	0	6,350
2016-17	6,409	0	0	6,409
2017-18	6,509	0	143	6,366
2018-19	6,572	0	140	6,432
2019-20	6,606	0	155	6,451
2020-21	6,292	3,582	1,792	918
2021-22	6,761	0	144	6,617
2022-23	6,744	0	117	6,627
2023-24	6,746	0	116	6,630
2024-25	6,938	40	137	6,761
Average	6,593	362	274	5,956

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Enrollment Trends at Dartmouth

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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