Dominican University Business Programs

Located in River Forest, Illinois, Dominican University is a private not-for-profit institution. Dominican U is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Dominican U has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#58	Highest Paid General Economics Graduates	College Factual

Where Is 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:	www.dom.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/Dominican
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/dominicanu

How Do I Get Into Dominican U?

You can apply to Dominican U online at: www.dom-univ.org/web/

Admission Requirements for Dominican U

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Dominican U?

With an acceptance rate of 76%, Dominican U may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 77% 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 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

Dominican U received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Dominican University?

The overall average net price of Dominican U is $28,890. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 U, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $6,291 a year. That adds up to $25,164 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.

Dominican University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,166 undergraduate students at Dominican U, with 2,001 being full-time and 165 being part-time.

There are also 1,023 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,001 full-time undergraduates at Dominican U, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Dominican University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	52
Black or African American	89
Hispanic or Latino	1,265
White	464
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	112

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Dominican University. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at Dominican U. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Thailand.

Online Learning at Dominican University

In 2019-2020, 2,992 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Dominican U has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 31st most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Dominican U

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Dominican University was 133.5%. This is the #294 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Dominican U regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Dominican University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	47	46	93
Accounting	20	3	23
Finance	21	0	21
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	14	0	14
Fashion Merchandising	13	0	13
International Business/Trade/Commerce	9	0	9
Information Resources Management	0	8	8
Public Relations	8	0	8
General Economics	8	0	8
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0
Knowledge Management	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
TOTAL	140	57	197

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By HalloweenHJB under License

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