by our College Data Analytics Team
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Dominican University of California was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is rehabilitation & therapeutic professions.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, DUofC is ranked #379 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when DUofC held the #535 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 161 colleges in California, DUofC is ranked at #54.
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The acceptance rate at Dominican University of California is 93%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into DUofC is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 4% of students accepted to DUofC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 623. Math scores were between 568 and 613.
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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 DUofC it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 University of California is 36%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Dominican University of California has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. 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 DUofC for first-time, full-time students is 62%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,379 undergraduates at DUofC with 1,229 being full-time and 150 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $44,440 | $45,087 | $44,771 | $48,465 | $53,080 |
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 DUofC, 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 DUofC, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $4,151 a year. That adds up to $16,604 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for DUofC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901-2298 |
| Phone: | 415-457-4440 |
| Website: | https://www.dominican.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 115 | $97,762 |
| Computer Programming | 77 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 71 | $65,611 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 61 | NA |
| General Biology | 55 | $39,548 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 51 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 26 | NA |
| General Psychology | 25 | $31,825 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 23 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 19 | 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 2022-2023, 826 students took at least one online class at Dominican University of California. This is an increase from the 794 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 826 | 271 |
| 2021-2022 | 794 | 166 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,797 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Dominican University of California.
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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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