Students may bring either to campus. Students can check their email from many locations on campus. Network storage is provided for each student. Students may create personal web pages on the web server. The college has adopted Microsoft Office as its standard office suite.
Most residence halls are coed.
Some housing is available for students with special interests such as foreign languages, multicultural affairs, the arts, and for social interest groups. Dickinson has 2,067 full-time students. Students come from 41 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, various military addresses abroad, and 18 foreign countries. Nearly 80 percent of all students receive financial assistance in some form. Approximately 74 percent receive grant aid from the college.