Dickinson College
Dickinson College admitted 42% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1310–1460 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $28,634 a year. Within six years, 74% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 42%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1310–1460
- ACT middle 50%
- 30–33
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $85,984 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $28,634 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $12,989 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $68,580 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 74%
- Students who return for a second year
- 92%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $83,426 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,507
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,273
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 17%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 18%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 13%
- Business, management and marketing
- 11%
- Natural resources and conservation
- 7%
- Area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- Union College NY · 44% admitted
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- Clark University MA · 40% admitted
- Furman University SC · 43% admitted
- Whitman College WA · 38% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.