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Beilock: Dartmouth aid packages exclude loans, costing lower-middle-income families $5,000 yearly

Sian Beilock · The College Crisis: Heads of Dartmouth & Berkeley Debate the Decline of US Universities · Sep 16, 2025 · at 5:59

Sian Beilock is the President of Dartmouth College. She is explaining Dartmouth's financial aid model during a panel discussion at the All-In Summit on university loan accountability.

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“Look, I think we do at Dartmouth because we don't, our students are packaged without loans. They don't take out loans. And in fact, for a student in a middle income family, lower middle income family, it's about 5000 a year to go to Dartmouth.”

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Dartmouth College packages financial aid for undergraduate students without loans, costing lower-middle-income students approximately $5,000 per year.

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Dartmouth College eliminated loan requirements from all undergraduate need-based financial aid packages in June 2022, replacing loans with institutional scholarship grants. Under Dartmouth's published policies for families earning under $125,000 per year (who pay $0 in parent contributions), students are expected to cover non-billed expenses through student work and leave-term earnings, which are capped at approximately $5,000 per year. U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard net price data further aligns with this statement, showing average annual costs between $489 and $8,534 for lower-middle to middle-income families.

Dartmouth College formally eliminated loan requirements from financial aid packages in June 2022, meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need with scholarship grants.
Dartmouth's published financial aid policy caps student work and earning expectations at approximately $5,000 per year for families earning under $125,000 with zero required parent contribution.
College Scorecard net price data shows average annual net prices of $489 for $30,001-$48,000 income, $2,695 for $48,001-$75,000 income, and $8,534 for $75,001-$110,000 income.

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Dartmouth financial aid cost per year lower middle income 5000 Dartmouth financial aid no loans policy lower middle income site:collegescorecard.ed.gov "Dartmouth" "net price"

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