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Daemen College Overview

Daemen College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Amherst, New York. Amherst is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Daemen College Known For?

479 Undergraduate Awards
$28,026 Avg Cost After Aid
62% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Daemen College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The highest award offered at Daemen College is the doctor's degree.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 52% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Daemen College with a bachelor's degree make about $42,800 a year. That's 5% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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Daemen College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Daemen College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#13 Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#41 Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#51 Most Popular Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#81 Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#88 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#141 Most Popular Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Daemen College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#48 Best Athletic Training Schools College Factual
#53 Best Athletic Training Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#110 Best Allied Health Professions Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#175 Best Allied Health Professions Schools College Factual
#235 Best Nursing Schools Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Daemen College?

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Contact details for Daemen College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4380 Main St, Amherst, NY 14226-3592
Phone: 716-839-3600
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DaemenCollege
Twitter: http://twitter.com/daemencollege

How Do I Get Into Daemen College?

You can apply to Daemen College online at: www.daemen.edu/admissions/next-steps/apply-now

Admission Requirements for Daemen College

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Daemen College?

62% Acceptance Rate
72% Of Accepted Are Women
Daemen College has an acceptance rate of 62%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 59%, and the acceptance rate for women is 63%.

Can I Afford Daemen College?

$28,026 Net Price
78% Take Out Loans
3.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Daemen College is $28,026. 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

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 Daemen College, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $8,849 a year. That adds up to $35,396 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Daemen College is 3.7%. 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.

Daemen College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,464 Full-Time Undergraduates
70% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,631 undergraduate students at Daemen College, with 1,464 being full-time and 167 being part-time.

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There are also 905 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,464 full-time undergraduates at Daemen College, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Daemen College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 49
Black or African American 163
Hispanic or Latino 98
White 1,083
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 46

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Daemen College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at Daemen College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at Daemen College

472 Took All Classes Online
1,609 Took At Least One Class Online
63.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,609 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 86th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Daemen College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Daemen College was 63.4%. This is the #572 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Daemen College 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%.

Daemen College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Nursing 0 0 165 3 24 0 192
Special Education 0 0 12 0 165 0 177
Natural Sciences 0 0 105 0 0 0 105
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 10 56 66
Accounting 0 48 12 0 5 0 65
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 9 56 0 65
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0 63 0 63
Social Work 0 0 16 0 28 0 44
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 17 0 0 0 17
Business Administration & Management 0 0 7 1 8 0 16
General Psychology 0 0 15 0 0 0 15
Public Health 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
General Biology 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Marketing 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
Legal Support Services 5 0 2 0 0 0 7
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
Human Resource Management 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
International Business 0 0 2 0 3 0 5
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
History 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Romance Languages 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Sustainability Science 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Political Science & Government 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
General English Literature 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathematics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5 48 426 13 377 56 925

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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