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.
- Students at Notre Dame have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
- The highest award offered at Notre Dame is the doctor's degree.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 90% of the faculty were full-time.
- Students who graduate from Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree make about $78,400 a year. That's 92% 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.
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University of Notre Dame Rankings
Notre Dame landed the #11 spot in our 2022 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,587 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! Notre Dame also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Indiana ranking.
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 |
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#12 | Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
#12 | Best Master’s Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
#14 | Best Doctor’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.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Notre Dame has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#2 | Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools | College Factual |
#2 | Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Schools | College Factual |
#2 | Best Theology & Religious Vocations Schools | College Factual |
#6 | Best Psychology Schools | College Factual |
#9 | Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools | College Factual |
#11 | Best Business Schools | Business Degree Central |
Where Is University of Notre Dame?

Contact details for Notre Dame are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 400 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556 |
Phone: | 574-631-5000 |
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? |
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High School GPA | recommended |
High School Rank | recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | required |
SAT or ACT Scores | considered but not required |
TOEFL | recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Notre Dame?
Approximately 52% of accepted students are men and 48% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 19%, and the acceptance rate for women is 19%.
Average Test Scores
About 42% 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 690 and 760. Math scores were between 710 and 790.
Can I Afford University of Notre Dame?
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 30% of students took out student loans averaging $8,525 a year. That adds up to $34,100 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 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 |
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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.
Online Learning at University of Notre Dame
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 2019-2020.
Online Affordability Rankings of Notre Dame
The following table shows how Notre Dame is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.
Major | Tuition for In-State Students | Tuition for Out-of-State Students |
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Computational Science | #16 | #16 |
Online Growth Rankings of Notre Dame
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Notre Dame was 32.2%. This is the #848 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 |
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Computational Science | 24% |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies | 10% |
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 | |
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Computational Science | #6 | |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies | #202 |
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.
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.
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