Dickinson College's admit rate has held within a 16.6-point band over 10 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 41.5% | 485 | 72.3% | 93.0% | 1,380 |
| 2024-2025 | 42.1% | 646 | 79.8% | 92.0% | 1,380 |
| 2023-2024 | 43.1% | 525 | 83.0% | 89.0% | 1,355 |
| 2022-2023 | 35.1% | 577 | 84.0% | 89.0% | 1,355 |
| 2021-2022 | 48.1% | 677 | 82.0% | 92.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Dickinson College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 23.7% admit to 81.9% admit — a 58.2 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 6.6 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Dickinson College's admit rate fell from 48.1% (2021-2022) to 41.5% (2025-2026) — a 6.6 pp drop. Year-over-year: 48.1 → 35.1 → 43.1 → 42.1 → 41.5. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 16 percentage points.
Dickinson College's 72.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 16.0 pp.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
4 of 6 cross-admit schools are in PA — Dickinson College draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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