HANOVER — The annual cost of attending Dartmouth College for undergraduates is climbing to $92,000 — almost 5% more than last year — for the upcoming academic year.
The $92,000 price tag includes tuition, fees, housing and meals.
The increase is “in response to inflation, increased services to students, new academic initiatives, compliance requirements, and other expenses,” Jana Barnello, a spokesperson for the college, said in an email.
This year’s increase of 4.8% is above last year’s price hike of 3.6%.
The increase will impact many students and families but not all. The average scholarship awarded for the Class of 2028 is $72,700 per year, according to the college’s financial aid website.
The incoming Class of 2029 will be the second eligible for what the college calls its “middle-income initiative.” After receiving a $150 million bequest from the estate of now deceased Glenn Britt, class of 1971, and his wife Barbara Britt, Dartmouth nearly doubled its income threshold for a “zero parent contribution” from $65,000 to $125,000 for families with typical assets.
“A Dartmouth education remains in reach due to our ongoing investments in and commitment to financial aid,” Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock said in a March article from the college’s news service. “Today, it costs no more than $5,000 per year for students from families with typical assets making $125,000 or less. We know of no other school anywhere that matches this level of support for middle-income families.”
This year, 18% of accepted students qualified to attend Dartmouth without a parental financial contribution. That’s down slightly from the nearly 20% of accepted students who qualified for the expanded scholarship in 2024.
While each of the eight Ivy League schools calculate their cost of attendance slightly differently, Dartmouth has the fifth highest tuition with Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania all costing less.
