University of Notre Dame Overview

University of Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. Notre Dame is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is University of Notre Dame Known For?

• Notre Dame has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at Notre Dame is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Notre Dame.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 89% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame makes roughly $78,400 a year. This is 92% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Notre Dame to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

University of Notre Dame Rankings

Notre Dame is ranked #10 out of 2,320 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2021 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! It is also ranked #1 out of 41 schools in Indiana.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Notre Dame has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#129	Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#196	Most Popular Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#205	Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Notre Dame.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Mathematics & Statistics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best History Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Notre Dame has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Colleges for Romance Languages	College Factual
#6	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#6	Best Colleges for Foreign Languages & Linguistics	College Factual
#20	Best Colleges for History	College Factual
#22	Best Colleges for English Language & Literature	College Factual
#73	Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/notredame
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/NotreDame

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	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Notre Dame?

If you plan to apply to Notre Dame, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 19%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 51% of accepted students are men and 49% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 19%, and the acceptance rate for women is 19%.

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 680 and 750. Math scores were between 690 and 770.

Notre Dame received ACT scores from 78% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 34.

Can I Afford University of Notre Dame?

The overall average net price of Notre Dame is $51,211. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Notre Dame, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $6,674 a year. That adds up to $26,696 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Notre Dame is 0.7%. 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.

University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,732 undergraduate students at Notre Dame, with 8,708 being full-time and 24 being part-time.

There are also 3,951 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,708 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	399
Black or African American	310
Hispanic or Latino	999
White	5,845
International Students	567
Other Races/Ethnicities	588

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.

Online Learning at University of Notre Dame

In 2017-2018, 323 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 34th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Notre Dame

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Notre Dame was -0.3%. This is the #2,226 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Notre Dame regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	29%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Notre Dame ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Notre Dame.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Computational Science	#9
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#211

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%.

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
Business Administration & Management	0	285	0	285
Finance & Financial Management	218	28	0	246
Economics	202	2	4	208
Political Science & Government	181	15	10	206
Law	0	0	192	192
Accounting	94	81	0	175
Theological & Ministerial Studies	46	77	23	146
Mechanical Engineering	122	8	11	141
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	77	57	0	134
Other Statistics	87	30	2	119
Computer Information Systems	115	0	0	115
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	112	0	0	112
Chemical Engineering	81	6	14	101
General Psychology	94	0	0	94
Romance Languages	78	8	5	91
General Biology	62	6	22	90
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	88	0	88
General Business/Commerce	38	49	0	87
General English Literature	60	6	9	75
Health/Medical Prep Programs	75	0	0	75
Drama & Theater Arts	65	0	0	65
Mathematics	44	12	6	62
Electrical Engineering	38	10	13	61
Biological & Physical Science	61	0	0	61
Marketing	59	0	0	59
Computer Engineering	20	23	16	59
International Studies	22	36	0	58
Civil Engineering	36	5	15	56
Sociology	45	3	7	55
Physics	27	12	11	50
History	31	7	10	48
General Architecture	29	17	0	46
Engineering Science	0	46	0	46
Philosophy	28	11	5	44
Design & Applied Arts	42	2	0	44
Anthropology	13	27	1	41
Liberal Arts General Studies	39	0	0	39
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	26	2	9	37
Chemistry	13	5	19	37
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	26	8	0	34
Management Information Systems	32	0	0	32
Area Studies	31	0	0	31
Computational Science	0	31	0	31
Educational Administration	0	30	0	30
Legal Research	0	26	1	27
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	23	2	25
Child Development & Psychology	0	11	14	25
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	17	1	6	24
Environmental Engineering	23	0	0	23
East Asian Languages	21	0	0	21
Natural Resources Conservation	20	0	0	20
Music	19	0	0	19
Fine & Studio Arts	10	5	0	15
Ethnic Studies	12	0	0	12
Medieval Studies	4	4	3	11
Classical Languages & Literature	10	0	0	10
Sacred Music	0	10	0	10
Writing Studies	0	9	0	9
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	9	0	0	9
Germanic Languages	8	0	0	8
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	8	0	0	8
Biomedical Engineering	0	4	3	7
Other Computer & Information Sciences	5	0	0	5
Statistics	4	0	0	4
Religious Studies	0	3	0	3
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	0	1
Celtic Language & Literature	1	0	0	1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	1	1
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	1	0	0	1
General Engineering	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Historic Preservation	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0
Other Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
Public Administration	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,642	1,129	434	4,205

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 Ssantera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.