Ohio Dominican University Overview

Ohio Dominican University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The location of ODU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Ohio Dominican University Known For?

• Students at ODU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at ODU.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, ODU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,904 a year. That's about 20% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average ODU student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Ohio Dominican University?

Contact details for ODU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, OH 43219
Phone:	614-253-2741
Website:	www.ohiodominican.edu

How Do I Get Into ODU?

You can apply to ODU online at: https://www.ohiodominican.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for ODU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Recommended
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into ODU?

With an acceptance rate of 54%, ODU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 49% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Can I Afford Ohio Dominican University?

The overall average net price of ODU is $30,900. 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 ODU, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $6,450 a year. That adds up to $25,800 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ODU is 1.7%. 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.

Ohio Dominican University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 907 undergraduate students at ODU, with 766 being full-time and 141 being part-time.

There are also 428 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 766 full-time undergraduates at ODU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	180
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	415
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Ohio Dominican University. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at ODU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Japan, and India.

Online Learning at Ohio Dominican University

In 2020-2021, 180 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of ODU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ohio Dominican University was -20.9%. This is the #2,056 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ODU 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%.

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 Nheyob under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.