SCHOOLS / DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

Dominican University

RIVER FOREST, ILIPEDS 148496CARNEGIE CLASS 18
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§ CDS archive
2025-26
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th870
Median990
75th1,120
§ 16% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th21
Median24
75th24
§ 2% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 88%SAT SUBMIT 16%ACT SUBMIT 2%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants6,525reported count
Admits5,71588%
Class seats60111% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants6,5255,71588%601School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 11%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Demonstrated interest

This school marks applicant interest as Considered. Read yield and wait-list behavior with that policy in mind.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reportedAcademic merit aid checkedNon-need aid for nonresidents
No-need grant recipients8614% of first-year full-time students
Avg no-need grant$23,995H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$11,745Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: Reported.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio12EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
6208ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate90%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
6873ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
747ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
749ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate12%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile16ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile19ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile26ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate1%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile460ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile510ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile560ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile420ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile490ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile540ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate11%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded412DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded2DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded396DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$500COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$38,328COST1_2024.TUITION2
On-campus room and board$10,865IC2020.RMBRDAMT
Out-of-state required fees$500COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$38,328COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$53,744DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$53,744DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment2471DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment1113DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment219DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment3803DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment2690DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate100%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,164SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$5,213SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$5,867SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate69%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate48%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate67%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityRiver ForestHD2024.CITY
ControlPrivate not-for-profitHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameDominican UniversityHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category1,000 - 4,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPrivate not-for-profit, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleSuburb: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateIllinoisHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years45%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years54%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years55%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate78%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time55%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate67%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate31%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$60,327
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
55%
6-year completion
Average net price
$11,745
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$24,411
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$39,029$39k
MEDIAN
$60,327$60k
P75
$81,636$82k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$9,759
$30,001 – $48,000
← MODAL BRACKET$9,014
$48,001 – $75,000
$11,891
$75,001 – $110,000
$16,851
$110,001 and up
$17,963
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
45%
6-yr grad
55%
8-yr grad
59%
Retention
78%
Pell grad
51%
Transfer
31%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.