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Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth was founded in 1867 as one of the first schools of engineering in the US. Dartmouth Engineering offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs within a unified department of engineering sciences and prepares the next generation of engineers to better the world through education and research with human-centered impact.

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Degree Programs
Entrepreneurship
2024–2025 Enrollment
Degrees Awarded 2020–2024
Gender
Faculty (2023)
Financial Summary (2024)
Starting Salaries for 2024 Graduates
School & Program Leadership
Dartmouth Facts

Degree Programs

Undergraduate Programs

Master's Programs

Doctoral Programs

Entrepreneurship

Startups

Over 50% of tenure-track faculty have founded startups.

Patents

Over 65% of tenure-track faculty hold patents.

Education

Entrepreneurial training happens at all levels of the curriculum.

2024–2025 Enrollment

AB/BE: 260
Partner School Dual Degree (first-year): 41
MEM: 105
MEng: 71
MS: 7
PhD: 173

Degrees Awarded 2020–2024

Type of Degree Awarded	2023-24	2022-2023	2021-2022	2020-2021	2019-2020
AB	118	90	111	108	113
BE	101	89	106	106	114
MEM	59	52	21	46	51
MEng	45	14	7	1	0
MS	10	4	5	3	4
PhD	19	21	23	18	23

Gender

Undergraduate class of 2023: 49% identify as female
National undergraduate average (as of 2022): ~20% identify as female

Faculty (2023)

Core: 70

Adjunct, Visiting & Lecturers: 42

Financial Summary (2024)

Endowment: $252 million
Budget: $93.8 million
Research support: $37.7 million
Annual Fund giving: $1.8 million
Graduate alumni participation: 18%

Starting Salaries for 2024 Graduates

$89k

BE Graduate Average Starting Salary

$126k

MEM Graduate Average Starting Salary

$106K

PhD Graduate Average Starting Salary

School & Program Leadership

Leadership

Alexis Abramson, Dean
Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
Laura Ray, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Douglas W. Van Citters, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Tricia Spellman, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Academic Program Directors

Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
Eric Fossum, Director, PhD Innovation Program
Mark Laser, Director, Partner School Dual Degree Program
Geoffrey Parker, Director, MEM Program
Douglas W. Van Citters, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education

Dartmouth Facts

• Founded in 1769 and member of the Ivy League.
• Consistently ranked among the best universities in the world.
• Four-year undergraduate private, liberal arts program with more than 40 academic departments.
• Graduate schools of arts and sciences (Guarini), medicine (Geisel), engineering, and business (Tuck).
• Total Enrollment: Approximately 2,000 graduate; 4,500 undergraduate