College · Private nonprofit · Orangeburg, NY · Suburb
Dominican University New York
Orangeburg, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate63%
6-yr median pay$51k
Net price / yr$42k
Undergrad size1,105
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $42k/yr for a shot at a $51k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 63% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,105 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $48k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $42k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$191k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$167k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$24k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.2k
- Room & board
- $15.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants48%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans77%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention67%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr53%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$51k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,105
- Location
- Orangeburg, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Dominican University New York
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic44%
- White24%
- Black16%
- Asian5%
- International4%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$43k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 26
What you can study.