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The Four Strategic Imperatives
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Financial Aid
Because ability, not ability to pay, should determine who receives a Dartmouth education
Achievement: $139 Million
Highlights
$122 million for undergraduate financial aid enabling new scholarships for future Dartmouth classes. Thayer School raised $5 million for fellowships and Tuck School $12.7 million. (The Medical School did not have a financial aid goal.)
By the Numbers
63.2 |
Dartmouth's FY 2009 financial aid budget, in millions, up from $50 million in 2006 |
46.2 |
Percentage of Dartmouth undergraduates who received need-based scholarship aid in 2008-2009 (47.9 percent did in FY 2008, 47.6 percent did in FY 2007) |
$33,722 |
Average scholarship package for members of the Class of 2012, up from $30,925 for the Class of 2011, a 9 percent increase |
$49,974 |
FY 2010 cost of tuition, room, and average board at Dartmouth, up from $47,694 in FY 2009, a 4.8 percent increase |
14.3 |
Percentage of undergraduates in FY 2009 who were the first in their family to attend college |