Admissions & selectivity
Dominican University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Dominican University?
Dominican University’s reported acceptance rate is 90.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 90.3%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Dominican University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Dominican University admits 90.3% of applicants, a rate above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The university is accessible to most students who apply.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 6,525 first-year applicants, 5,715 admitted, and 601 enrolled.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Dominican University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Dominican University reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores had a middle-half range of 870 to 1120. Only 16% of the entering class submitted SAT scores, so the range reflects a narrow group of recent enrollees rather than a threshold.
ACT submitters were even fewer, at 2% of the class, with a middle-half range of 21 to 24. Among enrolled first-year students who reported a class rank, 21% finished in the upper tenth of their high school class.
45% finished in the upper quarter, and 75% in the upper half. These shares describe only the students who reported a rank, not the full entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Dominican University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
16% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 870
- Median
- 990
- 75th percentile
- 1120
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
2% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 21
- Median
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 24
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Dominican University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Dominican University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51.5%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.5%
- First-year retention
- 77.9%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Dominican University enrolls 2,561 undergraduates, and more than half receive Pell Grants. An estimated 22.5% of the student body arrives as transfers or part-time students, so the campus is shaped by multiple entry points rather than a single traditional path.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 6,525 first-year applicants, 5,715 admitted, and 601 enrolled. For transfer students, the counts were 577 applicants, 546 admitted, and 185 enrolled.
A Pell-eligible applicant should use the cost calculator to see an estimated grant-adjusted price, since the sticker cost is not what most aided students pay. A transfer applicant should review the credit policies for their intended program, given how many undergraduates follow that route.
Pell recipients at Dominican University complete at a higher rate than the overall first-time full-time cohort. Their six-year completion rate is 61.1%, which is 5.8 percentage points above the overall six-year graduation rate of 55.3%.
The overall graduation rate trails the peer median of 68.8% for comparable institutions. First-year retention sits at 77.9%, also below the peer median of 83.4%.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 76% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. Enrolled students can expect a campus where Pell recipients finish ahead of the average, though overall persistence and completion run behind the peer group.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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