Education at Dominican University

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Dominican University stacks up to those at other schools.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Dominican U Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Dominican U Education Rankings

The education major at Dominican U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Dominican U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Dominican University.

Dominican U Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dominican University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dominican U Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of education master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Dominican U, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dominican University with a master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at Dominican University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dominican University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	36
Special Education	29
Teaching English or French	19
Multilingual Education	3
Instructional Media Design	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1
General Education	1

Related Majors

• Library Science

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Elementary School Teachers	65,630	$62,140
Teacher Assistants	60,630	$27,710
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.