Dominican College of Blauvelt Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Dominican College of Blauvelt Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Dominican College of Blauvelt was awarded 11 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2021 analysis, Dominican College is ranked #1,245 out of 1,715 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Dominican College also holds the #113 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Dominican College?

Acceptance Rate

Dominican College of Blauvelt has an acceptance rate of 69%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Dominican College.

Average Test Scores

About 86% 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 450 and 540. Math scores were between 430 and 540.

Dominican College received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 22.

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Dominican College of Blauvelt Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Dominican College of Blauvelt is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Dominican College of Blauvelt

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 74% 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.

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Dominican College is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

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Good Overall Diversity at Dominican College

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,425 undergraduates at Dominican College with 1,271 being full-time and 154 being part-time.

Dominican College Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and minorities. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

The overall diversity score for Dominican College is 72.79 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.

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How Much Does Dominican College of Blauvelt Cost?

The overall average net price of Dominican College is $19,424. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Dominican College

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$15,985	$17,115	$17,338	$23,269	$25,730

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 Dominican College, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $7,787 a year. That adds up to $31,148 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Dominican College is 8.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Dominican College Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Dominican College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $46,300 in their early years. That's great news for Dominican College students since it is 16% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

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Location of Dominican College of Blauvelt

Located in Orangeburg, New York, Dominican College of Blauvelt is a private not-for-profit institution. Dominican College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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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.dc.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dominican-College/83517950904
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/DominicanOburg

Dominican College of Blauvelt Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 24 majors graduated from Dominican College of Blauvelt. Of these students, 368 received undergraduate degrees and 220 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing	103	$75,800
General Social Sciences	62	$27,100
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	31	NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections	26	$27,800
Communication & Media Studies	17	$29,200
Teacher Education Subject Specific	17	NA
General Biology	16	NA
Allied Health Professions	15	NA
Accounting	11	NA
General Psychology	11	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Dominican College of Blauvelt along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Dominican College

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 2017-2018, 404 students took at least one online class at Dominican College of Blauvelt. This is an increase from the 355 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	404	196
2016-2017	355	252
2015-2016	276	215
2014-2015	238	200
2013-2014	281	223

Learn more about online learning at Dominican College of Blauvelt.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Dominican College of Blauvelt, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Limestone College
• Saint Mary - of - the - Woods College
• Tennessee Wesleyan University
• University of St Francis
• Waynesburg University

Curious on how these schools stack up against Dominican College? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.