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?

• DUofC has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at DUofC is the doctor's degree.
• In 2021-2022, 36% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from DUofC with a bachelor's degree make about $71,134 a year. That's 74% 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

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 59% of students took out student loans averaging $4,941 a year. That adds up to $19,764 over four years for those students.

Dominican University of California Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,249 undergraduate students at DUofC, with 1,134 being full-time and 115 being part-time.

There are also 606 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,134 full-time undergraduates at DUofC, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	366
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	328
White	293
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	83

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.

Online Learning at Dominican University of California

In 2022-2023, 826 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 109th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of DUofC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing	51%

Dominican University of California Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Nursing	115	0	115
Computer Programming	77	0	77
Business Administration & Management	45	26	71
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	61	61
General Biology	44	11	55
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	51	51
Allied Health Professions	0	26	26
General Psychology	25	0	25
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	23	23
Health Sciences & Services	19	0	19
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	17	17
Public Health	15	0	15
General Education	3	11	14
Liberal Arts General Studies	7	6	13
Communication & Journalism (Other)	10	0	10
Chemistry	8	0	8
Political Science & Government	7	0	7
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	6	6
Design & Applied Arts	5	0	5
Writing Studies	0	4	4
Dance	4	0	4
General English Literature	2	0	2
History	2	0	2
Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	2
Other Social Sciences	1	0	1
Fine & Studio Arts	1	0	1
General Visual & Performing Arts	1	0	1
Music	1	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	394	242	636

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.