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Daemen College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Daemen College as #778 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Daemen College held the #1,347 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Daemen College also holds the #74 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
When it comes to admittance, Daemen College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Daemen College it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Daemen College is 51%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Daemen College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Daemen College for first-time, full-time students is 42%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,631 undergraduates at Daemen College with 1,464 being full-time and 167 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,818 | $13,024 | $17,291 | $21,242 | $25,809 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Daemen College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Daemen College, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $9,077 a year. That adds up to $36,308 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Daemen College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4380 Main St, Amherst, NY 14226-3592 |
| Phone: | 716-839-3600 |
| Website: | www.daemen.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Special Education | 135 | NA |
| Nursing | 135 | $79,376 |
| Natural Sciences | 100 | $6,394 |
| Accounting | 67 | NA |
| Social Work | 63 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 61 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 61 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 59 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 46 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 32 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,194 students took at least one online class at Daemen College. This is an increase from the 1,144 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,194 | 701 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,144 | 532 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,609 | 472 |
| 2018-2019 | 514 | 172 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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