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Dickinson’s vigorous liberal arts program offers 43 majors plus minors, certificate programs and internships. All classes are taught by faculty members, and students enjoy a student-faculty ratio of 9:1.
Global study and engagement has been a cornerstone of the Dickinson experience since the college's founding, with a global focus pervading the curriculum and cutting across all academic divisions and departments. Dickinson offers one of the most respected off-campus study programs and more than half of the college’s students study in over 40
programs in 24 countries. Dickinson is also one of the nation’s top institutions for foreign language study with 13 languages offered.
Dickinson also is recognized as a leader among educational institutions committed to sustainability and green initiatives. The Center for Sustainability Education provides assistance as Dickinson integrates sustainability into its academics, facilities, operations and campus culture, including a USDA organic certified farm and five LEED gold certified buildings. The college has received the highest awards from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Sierra Club, Sustainable Endowments Institute, Princeton Review and Second Nature.
During the last five years, Dickinson students have been awarded major fellowships and awards, including a Carnegie Junior Fellowship, a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, Gilman International Scholarships, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, Humanity in Action, and more. In addition, Dickinson is among the top 10 liberal arts institutions producing Fulbright recipients. The college’s graduate school partnerships enable students to enter top programs with greater ease and reflect the high regard in which Dickinson is held.
Dickinson’s world-class faculty members regularly cross the borders of their individual disciplines and fully embrace Dickinson’s interdisciplinary approach to the liberal arts. Of its more than 250 faculty members, 94% of full-time faculty hold Ph.D.’s or the highest degree in their field. In recent years, faculty members have received grant awards from prestigious national funding sources including the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic Society, American Council of Learned Societies, Association of American Colleges
and Universities, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others.
Company History
Dickinson’s vigorous liberal arts program offers 43 majors plus minors, certificate programs and internships. All classes are taught by faculty members, and students enjoy a student-faculty ratio of 9:1.
Global study and engagement has been a cornerstone of the Dickinson experience since the college's founding, with a global focus pervading the curriculum and cutting across all academic divisions and departments. Dickinson offers one of the most respected off-campus study programs and more than half of the college’s students study in over 40
programs in 24 countries. Dickinson is also one of the nation’s top institutions for foreign language study with 13 languages offered.
Dickinson also is recognized as a leader among educational institutions committed to sustainability and green initiatives. The Center for Sustainability Education provides assistance as Dickinson integrates sustainability into its academics, facilities, operations and campus culture, including a USDA organic certified farm and five LEED gold certified buildings. The college has received the highest awards from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Sierra Club, Sustainable Endowments Institute, Princeton Review and Second Nature.
During the last five years, Dickinson students have been awarded major fellowships and awards, including a Carnegie Junior Fellowship, a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, Gilman International Scholarships, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, Humanity in Action, and more. In addition, Dickinson is among the top 10 liberal arts institutions producing Fulbright recipients. The college’s graduate school partnerships enable students to enter top programs with greater ease and reflect the high regard in which Dickinson is held.
Dickinson’s world-class faculty members regularly cross the borders of their individual disciplines and fully embrace Dickinson’s interdisciplinary approach to the liberal arts. Of its more than 250 faculty members, 94% of full-time faculty hold Ph.D.’s or the highest degree in their field. In recent years, faculty members have received grant awards from prestigious national funding sources including the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic Society, American Council of Learned Societies, Association of American Colleges
and Universities, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others.
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Please note retirement is 403B