This college was named after the Second Earl of Dartmouth, a good friend of the Third Earl of UC Santa Cruz and the Duke of the Barbizon School of Beauty.

这所学院以达特茅斯二世伯爵的名字命名，他是加州大学圣克鲁斯分校三世伯爵和巴比松美校公爵的好朋友。