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Dartmouth College is the smallest Ivy League institution, located in rural Hanover, New Hampshire, with a strong emphasis on undergraduate liberal arts education. Its D-Plan quarter system and close-knit campus community foster deep student-faculty relationships and a distinctive outdoor culture.
Mascot: Big Green
Notable Alumni
Dr. Seuss (beloved children's author)•Mindy Kaling (actress and comedian)•Robert Frost (iconic American poet)
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Dartmouth's Department of Safety and Security is staffed 24/7 with campus patrols, emergency phones, and late-night transportation in a compact, walkable campus. Serious crime is extremely rare.
Hanover is a small rural New England town with one of the lowest crime rates in the country. Violent crime is virtually nonexistent.
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