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Dordt University was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general educational leadership & administration.
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College Factual ranked Dordt as #970 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 37 colleges in Iowa, Dordt is ranked at #19.
Dordt University has an acceptance rate of 88%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Dordt.
About 17% of students accepted to Dordt submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Dordt University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Dordt University is 61%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Dordt University has a freshmen retention rate of 80%. 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 Dordt for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,436 undergraduates at Dordt with 1,339 being full-time and 97 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,155 | $20,368 | $23,178 | $27,024 | $30,517 |
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 Dordt, 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 Dordt, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $9,946 a year. That adds up to $39,784 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Dordt are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 7Th St Se, Sioux Center, IA 51250-1606 |
| Phone: | 712-722-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.dordt.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 75 | $39,749 |
| Educational Administration | 39 | NA |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 30 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 19 | NA |
| Nursing | 17 | $71,680 |
| Social Work | 15 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 13 | $52,640 |
| General Biology | 11 | NA |
| Accounting | 11 | NA |
| Marketing | 11 | $43,944 |
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, 683 students took at least one online class at Dordt University. This is an increase from the 675 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 683 | 371 |
| 2021-2022 | 675 | 365 |
| 2020-2021 | 639 | 302 |
| 2018-2019 | 174 | 138 |
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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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