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.

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
#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.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Theology & Religious Vocations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best History Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 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
#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
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?
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?

The acceptance rate at Notre Dame is 19%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

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.

Notre Dame received ACT scores from 57% 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 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 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.

Online Learning at University of Notre Dame

In 2019-2020, 6,513 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 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
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
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
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.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	286	0	286
Economics	243	26	4	273
Finance & Financial Management	235	32	0	267
Law	0	0	201	201
Political Science & Government	181	8	10	199
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	92	93	0	185
Accounting	100	67	0	167
Other Statistics	125	28	6	159
Mechanical Engineering	119	9	13	141
Theological & Ministerial Studies	48	68	21	137
Computer Information Systems	128	0	0	128
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	107	0	0	107
Chemical Engineering	84	5	9	98
Romance Languages	90	7	1	98
General Biology	76	4	12	92
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	90	0	90
General Psychology	84	0	0	84
General Business/Commerce	36	46	0	82
Health/Medical Prep Programs	81	0	0	81
Biological & Physical Science	78	0	0	78
Drama & Theater Arts	74	0	0	74
History	45	14	14	73
Electrical Engineering	41	14	15	70
Marketing	69	0	0	69
Civil Engineering	50	1	16	67
Mathematics	47	3	13	63
General English Literature	50	2	8	60
Physics	31	12	17	60
International Studies	23	36	0	59
Engineering Science	0	56	0	56
General Architecture	36	16	0	52
Sociology	35	10	5	50
Computer Engineering	15	17	17	49
Liberal Arts General Studies	47	0	0	47
Educational Administration	0	44	0	44
Design & Applied Arts	40	2	0	42
Computational Science	0	41	0	41
Philosophy	30	1	7	38
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	33	0	3	36
Management Information Systems	36	0	0	36
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	22	12	0	34
Chemistry	13	7	14	34
Legal Research	0	31	2	33
Anthropology	26	4	2	32
East Asian Languages	27	0	0	27
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	25	1	26
Area Studies	24	0	0	24
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	17	0	4	21
Fine & Studio Arts	16	4	0	20
Classical Languages & Literature	16	3	0	19
Natural Resources Conservation	19	0	0	19
Ethnic Studies	18	0	0	18
Child Development & Psychology	0	8	9	17
Music	17	0	0	17
Environmental Engineering	16	0	0	16
Sacred Music	0	9	3	12
Writing Studies	0	10	0	10
Biomedical Engineering	0	3	5	8
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	8	0	0	8
Statistics	8	0	0	8
Medieval Studies	1	1	6	8
Other Computer & Information Sciences	7	0	0	7
Germanic Languages	7	0	0	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	6	0	0	6
Religious Studies	0	5	0	5
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	4	0	0	4
Celtic Language & Literature	3	0	0	3
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	2	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0
Materials Engineering	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Historic Preservation	0	0	0	0
Materials Sciences	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	2,884	1,160	440	4,484

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.