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Dominican College of Blauvelt was awarded 18 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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Dominican College landed the #1,624 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Dominican College also holds the #102 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
The acceptance rate at Dominican College of Blauvelt is 76%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Dominican College is a good fit for you.
About 8% of students accepted to Dominican College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 563. Math scores were between 493 and 560.
The student to faculty ratio at Dominican College is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Dominican College of Blauvelt is 36%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Dominican College of Blauvelt enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Dominican College this rate is 35%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,310 undergraduates at Dominican College with 1,222 being full-time and 88 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,484 | $19,052 | $22,154 | $24,317 | $25,154 |
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 Dominican College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Dominican College, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $7,310 a year. That adds up to $29,240 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Dominican College is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Dominican College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 470 Western Highway, Orangeburg, NY 10962-1210 |
| Phone: | 845-359-7800 |
| Website: | www.duny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 113 | $83,220 |
| General Social Sciences | 62 | $29,622 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 34 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 29 | $29,622 |
| Business Administration & Management | 21 | NA |
| General Biology | 18 | NA |
| General Psychology | 14 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 11 | $46,125 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 9 | $32,036 |
| Social Work | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 211 students took at least one online class at Dominican College of Blauvelt. This is a decrease from the 239 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 211 | 87 |
| 2019-2020 | 239 | 121 |
| 2018-2019 | 489 | 185 |
| 2017-2018 | 404 | 196 |
| 2016-2017 | 355 | 252 |
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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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