Financial Aid Handbook
Every year, Dartmouth's Financial Aid Office publishes a comprehensive copy of our policies and guidelines, known as the Financial Aid Handbook.
Review the Financial Aid Handbook
Dartmouth College Financial Aid Handbook (PDF)
What Information Does the Handbook Cover?
The publication is a 42-page guide to financial aid and managing your finances while living on campus. It covers the following topics:
- Eligibility for Financial Aid
- Your Costs
- The Financial Aid Application Process and Forms First-Year Students
- Returning Students Calendar Application FAQs
- Special Circumstances Divorced or Separated Parents
- Independent Status Married Students
- The Award
- Expected Parent Contribution
- Expected Student Contribution
- Self-Help
- Employment Loans
- Federal and State Grant Programs
- Dartmouth Scholarship Assistance
- Outside Scholarships
- 2-Term/4-Term D-Plans
- What We Expect From You & From Your Parents
- Off-Campus Programs and Transfer Terms
- International Students
- Satisfactory Academic Progress
- Billing/Student Financial Services
- Withdrawal, Suspension, and Refunds
- Helpful Contact Info
- The Fine Print