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Founded in 1769 and located alongside the Connecticut River in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College is:
Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college. In more than two centuries of evolution, it has developed from its roots on the colonial frontier into a college that has a special character and a unique place in higher education.
A member of the Ivy League, Dartmouth enrolls approximately 4,300 undergraduates and 1,200 graduate students from across the country and around the world.
Combining the best features of a liberal arts college and a research university, Dartmouth is renowned for the excellence of its academic programs. In addition to providing a wide-ranging liberal arts curriculum for its undergraduates, the College offers more than 20 graduate programs in the arts and sciences (including 16 Ph.D. programs) and is home to the Dartmouth Medical School (founded in 1797, the nation's fourth oldest medical school); the Thayer School of Engineering (the nation's first professional school of engineering, founded in 1867); and the Tuck School of Business (the first of its kind in the world, founded in 1900).
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