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Dominican University was awarded 113 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is natural sciences.
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Dominican U landed the #691 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Dominican U held the #775 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Dominican U is ranked at #30.
Dominican University has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 19% of students accepted to Dominican U submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 580. Math scores were between 450 and 580.
The student to faculty ratio at Dominican U is an impressive 10 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.
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 Dominican University is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Dominican University 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Dominican U the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 51%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,166 undergraduates at Dominican U with 2,001 being full-time and 165 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,372 | $14,903 | $18,838 | $21,380 | $23,060 |
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 U, 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 Dominican U, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $5,769 a year. That adds up to $23,076 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Dominican U is 4.4%. 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.
See which majors at Dominican University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Dominican University.
Contact details for Dominican U are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 7900 W Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305 |
| Phone: | 708-366-2490 |
| Website: | https://www.dom.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/Dominican |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/dominicanu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 47 | $43,788 |
| Nursing | 46 | $63,717 |
| Natural Sciences | 28 | $29,252 |
| Sociology | 26 | $32,774 |
| Criminology | 24 | $32,365 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 23 | NA |
| General Biology | 21 | $32,740 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 21 | NA |
| Accounting | 20 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 18 | $41,015 |
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 2020-2021, 2,664 students took at least one online class at Dominican University. This is a decrease from the 2,992 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,664 | 706 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,992 | 969 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,635 | 145 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,323 | 163 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,269 | 144 |
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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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