Carlisle, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Small city
Overview
Located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 2,314 students in fall 2024, including 2,311 undergraduates and 3 graduate students.
Dickinson College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 47 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are International Business/Trade/Commerce, Political Science and Government, and Psychology, General. It awarded 604 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.
92% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11 to 1.
Mission
Dickinson College was created explicitly for high purposes- to prepare young people, by means of a useful education in the liberal arts and sciences, for engaged lives of citizenship and leadership in the service of society.
Key figures
2,314
Students enrolled
92%
First-year retention
604
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
47
Programs and majors
11:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMaster
Programs and majors offered 47
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
92%
Student-to-faculty ratio
11:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
601
Master's degrees
1
Postbaccalaureate certificates
2
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
2,314
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,311
Graduate students, fall 2024
3
Full-time, fall 2024
99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,360
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,351
Graduate students, 2024-25
9
Full-time, 2024-25
99%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
60%
Men
40%
White
66%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
5%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
13%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Campus and services
Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Centennial Conference
President
John E. Jones III
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit
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