D.C. The campus, two blocks from downtown Carlisle, is dotted with large old elms and limestone buildings. Old West, built in 1804, is a national historic landmark. During the academic year, approximately 1850 students are enrolled in Dickinson's liberal arts degree programs. Most students from away live in college dormitories, usually two to a room, with age determining the dormitory or the area of the dormitory to which they are assigned. Dormitory students eat in the Dickinson dining hall.
Some alternative housing is available.
There are several groups who live with house parents in smaller Dickinson owned residences housing nine to twenty students. One group accepts only students age eleven or younger. Other groups are less restrictive regarding age and sex. All of these groups eat in their respective houses. The total cost of living in a house is usually comparable to the cost of staying in a dormitory.