University of Notre Dame Overview

Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution. Notre Dame is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is University of Notre Dame Known For?

• Notre Dame has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Notre Dame is the doctor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree make about $99,980 a year. That's 145% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average Notre Dame student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is University of Notre Dame?

Contact details for Notre Dame are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone:	574-631-5000
Website:	www.nd.edu

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How Do I Get Into Notre Dame?

You can apply to Notre Dame online at: www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Notre Dame

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Notre Dame?

With an acceptance rate of 13%, Notre Dame is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 52% of accepted students are men and 48% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 14%, and the acceptance rate for women is 12%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Notre Dame submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 760. Math scores were between 740 and 790.

Notre Dame received ACT scores from 31% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 35.

Can I Afford University of Notre Dame?

The overall average net price of Notre Dame is $53,197. 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 Notre Dame, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $7,390 a year. That adds up to $29,560 over four years for those students.

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University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,874 undergraduate students at Notre Dame, with 8,833 being full-time and 41 being part-time.

There are also 3,935 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,833 full-time undergraduates at Notre Dame, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Notre Dame students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	438
Black or African American	303
Hispanic or Latino	1,016
White	5,991
International Students	485
Other Races/Ethnicities	600

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at University of Notre Dame. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 112 countries are represented at Notre Dame. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	115	306	0	421
Economics	256	11	8	275
Finance & Financial Management	271	0	0	271
Political Science & Government	175	15	14	204
Business Administration & Management	0	186	0	186
Law	0	0	165	165
Computer Information Systems	162	0	0	162
Other Statistics	120	27	13	160
Theological & Ministerial Studies	51	77	17	145
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	136	0	0	136
Mechanical Engineering	101	11	17	129
Applied Mathematics	0	114	0	114
General Psychology	112	0	0	112
General Biology	80	8	21	109
International Studies	48	58	0	106
Chemical Engineering	70	9	23	102
Accounting	70	20	0	90
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	88	0	88
Electrical Engineering	60	13	14	87
Romance Languages	74	10	2	86
Health/Medical Prep Programs	85	0	0	85
Marketing	71	10	0	81
General Architecture	54	22	0	76
Civil Engineering	28	19	16	63
Mathematics	38	16	9	63
Biological & Physical Science	61	0	0	61
Philosophy	52	3	6	61
Drama & Theater Arts	61	0	0	61
History	49	1	7	57
Physics	32	9	14	55
Sociology	40	8	6	54
General English Literature	43	6	4	53
Engineering Science	0	48	0	48
Chemistry	12	5	28	45
Computer Engineering	13	18	12	43
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	33	3	6	42
General Business/Commerce	41	0	0	41
Educational Administration	0	38	0	38
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	25	12	0	37
Computational Science	0	36	0	36
Liberal Arts General Studies	35	0	0	35
Anthropology	21	5	6	32
Design & Applied Arts	28	3	0	31
Area Studies	29	0	0	29
Ethnic Studies	25	0	0	25
Natural Resources Conservation	22	0	0	22
Child Development & Psychology	0	7	14	21
Classical Languages & Literature	16	3	0	19
Fine & Studio Arts	14	5	0	19
Legal Research	0	15	1	16
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	15	0	15
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	12	0	2	14
Environmental Engineering	13	0	0	13
Sacred Music	0	10	3	13
Music	12	0	0	12
East Asian Languages	10	0	0	10
Writing Studies	0	9	0	9
Germanic Languages	9	0	0	9
Public Policy	9	0	0	9
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	6	0	0	6
Statistics	6	0	0	6
Biomedical Engineering	0	1	4	5
Medieval Studies	2	1	2	5
Other Computer & Information Sciences	4	0	0	4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	4	0	0	4
Management Information Systems	3	0	0	3
Religious Studies	0	3	0	3
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	2	0	0	2
Materials Engineering	0	0	1	1
Celtic Language & Literature	1	0	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	1	1
Materials Sciences	0	0	1	1
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0
Historic Preservation	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,922	1,284	437	4,643

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
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