Dominican University of California Overview

Located in San Rafael, California, Dominican University of California is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Dominican University of California Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at DUofC since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at DUofC is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 36% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from DUofC with a bachelor's degree make about $84,713 a year. That's 108% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average DUofC student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Dominican University of California?

Contact details for DUofC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901-2298
Phone:	415-457-4440
Website:	www.dominican.edu

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How Do I Get Into DUofC?

You can apply to DUofC online at: https://www.dominican.edu/admissions/apply-now

Admission Requirements for DUofC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into DUofC?

DUofC has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

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.

DUofC received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 24. Math scores were between 23 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 25.

Can I Afford Dominican University of California?

The overall average net price of DUofC is $44,915. 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 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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Dominican University of California Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,379 undergraduate students at DUofC, with 1,229 being full-time and 150 being part-time.

There are also 458 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,229 full-time undergraduates at DUofC, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	377
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	343
White	321
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	105

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Dominican University of California. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at DUofC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil.

Dominican University of California Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	288	0	288
Nursing	121	0	0	121
Business Administration & Management	53	33	0	86
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	79	2	81
Computer Programming	33	0	0	33
Allied Health Professions	0	32	0	32
General Biology	18	6	0	24
General Education	5	18	0	23
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	23	0	23
General Psychology	23	0	0	23
Health Sciences & Services	16	0	0	16
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	15	0	15
Public Health	15	0	0	15
Dance	13	0	0	13
Accounting	0	10	0	10
Communication & Journalism (Other)	6	0	0	6
Liberal Arts General Studies	4	2	0	6
Other Social Sciences	6	0	0	6
Chemistry	5	0	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	0	5
General English Literature	4	0	0	4
Writing Studies	0	4	0	4
History	4	0	0	4
Political Science & Government	4	0	0	4
Music	3	0	0	3
Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	0	1
Fine & Studio Arts	1	0	0	1
General Visual & Performing Arts	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	341	510	2	853

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 DominicanUniversityofCalifornia under License

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